View source for Bern (1816) 40 batzen KM-182

[[Image:Sincona98-4149.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 98, lot 4149]]

This specimen was lot 4149 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 575 CHF (about US$834 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Französischer Taler mit Berner Gegenstempel zu 40 Batzen o. J. (1816-1819), Louis XVI. Ecu 1792 A, Paris. Sehr schön.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Bern|city and canton of Bern]], French écu with Bernese counterstamp of forty batzen, circa 1816-19. Bern mint. Very Fine.)"</blockquote> In 1816, facing a coin shortage, the cantonal government counterstamped approximately 660,000 crowns (mostly French écus) for circulation as forty batzen pieces. After confederation in 1848, they were called in and melted; the SCWC estimates about 5,000 survive. This specimen began life as a [[France 1792-A ecu|1792-A ''écu constitutionnel'']]. Counterstamps are known on all the major types of écus of Louis XV and XVI.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specifications'': 29.49 g, 0.917 fine silver (host coin), this specimen 29.45 g. 

''Catalog reference'': KM 149, D.T. 32, HMZ 2-231b. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': 
* Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, ''Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert,'' Zurich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, ''Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf,'' Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jurg, ''SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[France 1792-A ecu|1792-A ''écu constitutionnel'']]
* [[Bern (1816) 40 batzen KM-180|(1816) 40 batzen counterstamped on a French écu of Louis XV]]
* [[Bern (1816) 40 batzen KM-181.1|(1816) 40 batzen counterstamped on a French écu of Louis XVI]]
* [[Bern 1818 batzen|1818 batzen]]
* [[Bern 1818 5 batzen|1818 5 batzen]]
* [[Bern 1819 duplone Fr-187|1819 duplone]]
* [[Bern 1823 4 franken Dav-370|1823 4 franken]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1796]]

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