View source for Neuchatel 1796 10-1/2 batzen

[[Image:K353-3932.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 353, lot 3932]]

This specimen was lot 3932 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,183 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. 10 1/2 Batzen (1/2 Gulden) 1796, Neuenburg (Neuchâtel). Prägung für das Fürstentum Neuenburg. Kl. Prägeschwäche, vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick William II, 1786-97, 10½ batzen of 1796, Neuchatel mint, struck for the [[Switzerland, Neuchatel|principality of Neuchatel]]. Weakly struck, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type, like most issues from this small part of Switzerland, is rare. Ten and a half batzen = half gulden = one quarter convention thaler.

''Recorded mintage:'' 5,052.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 7,58 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 52, HMZ 2-708 a; J. 230; Olding 46 b. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* 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>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Künker Auktion 353: Die Sammlung Axel Tesmer, Teil 2: Prägungen der Könige von Preussen von der Kroning 1701 bis zum Ende der Monarchie.'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021. 

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* [[Neuchatel 1793 1/2 batzen|1793 half batzen]] = 2 kreuzer
* [[Neuchatel 1793 28 kreuzer|1793 28 kreuzer]]
* [[Neuchatel 1795 56 kreuzer|1795 56 kreuzer]] = 14 batzen = ½ gulden
* [[Neuchatel 1796 1/2 kreuzer|1796 half kreuzer (vierer)]]
* [[Neuchatel 1796 28 kreuzer|1796 28 kreuzer]] = 7 batzen = ¼ gulden
* [[Neuchatel 1796 21 batzen|1796 21 batzen]] = gulden
* [[Neuchatel 1798 4 kreuzer|1798 4 kreuzer (batzen)]]
* [[Neuchatel 1799 1/2 batzen KM-55|1799 half batzen, obverse legend "F G BOR"]]
* [[Neuchatel 1799 1/2 batzen KM-58|1799 half batzen, obverse legend "F W III BOR" and spade shaped shield]] = 2 kreuzer
* [[Neuchatel 1799 21 batzen|1799 21 batzen]] = ½ thaler
* [[Coins and currency dated 1796]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]][[Category: Coinage of the Swiss cantons]]