Neuchatel 1795 56 kreuzer

Sincona sale 64, lot 3455

This specimen was lot 3455 in Sincona sale 64 (Zurich, June 2020), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$564 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND | Neuenburg/Neuchâtel | Fürsten von Neuchâtel. Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. 56 Kreuzer 1795, Neuchâtel. Selten. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Kleine Schrötlingsfehler. (principality of Neuchatel, Frederick William II, 1786-97, fifty-six kreuzer of 1795, Neuchatel mint. Rare, Very fine-extremely fine, Minor flan flaws.)"

The canton of Neuchatel issued a variety of coins during the eighteenth century while the county was under Prussian administration. This scarce type was accompanied by a 28 kreuzer (KM 50). Four kreuzer = one batzen and 56 kreuzer = 14 batzen = half gulden. In the nineteenth century, forty batzen = four franken = one thaler.

Recorded mintage: 5,478.

Specification: silver, this specimen: 8.88 g.

Catalog reference: KM 51, D.T. 995, HMZ 2-707a.

Source:

• ^[1]Richter, Jurg, Sincona sale 64: Swiss Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2020.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Richter, Juerg, 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.

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• 1793 half batzen = 2 kreuzer
• 1793 28 kreuzer
• 1796 10½ batzen = ½ gulden
• 1796 21 batzen
• 1796 28 kreuzer
• Neuchatel 1799 21 batzen = ½ thaler
• Neuchatel 1800 4 kreuzer = batzen
• Coins and currency dated 1795