Bern 1618 1/2 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 5090 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 2,500 CHF (about US$3,768 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Vierer 1618, Bern. Äusserst selten. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Ruedi Kunzmann, Auktion SINCONA 44, Zürich, Oktober 2017, Los 5118. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, vierer or half kreuzer of 1618, Bern mint. Extremely rare, Very Fine.)"
According to the SCWC, this type was struck 1618, 1620-23 and undated. Numista also mentions 1617, 1619 and 1624.
Recorded mintage: unknown but very scarce.
Specification: 0.44 g, billon, 15 mm diameter, this specimen 0.48 g.
Catalog reference: KM KM 10, D.T. 1153c, HMZ 2-200f.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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