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Revision as of 14:24, 22 November 2022
This specimen was lot 4082 in Sincona sale 77 (Zurich, May 2022), where it sold for 44,000 CHF (about US$53,407 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Bern | Stadt und Kanton. 5 Dukaten o. J. (um 1710), Bern. Gekrönte Wappenkartusche, gehalten von einem Löwen und einem Bären, die auf Podesten stehen. Darunter das Münzzeichen D B für den Stempelschneider De Beyer. Rv. Mann und Frau reichen sich über einem Altar die Hand, darüber Kranz und strahlende Sonne in Form eines Gesichtes. Sehr selten. Fast FDC. Prachtvolle Erhaltung. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, undated quintuple ducat from circa 1710, Bern mint. Obverse: crowned arms in a cartouche, supported by a lion and a bear standing on a pedestal, engraver's initials below; reverse: a man and a woman shake hands over an altar, wreath and shining sun above. Very rare, About uncirculated, Magnificent condition.)"
This large coin is accompanied by four (KM 78), six (KM 79), seven (KM 80), eight (KM 77) and ten ducats (KM 81).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 17.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 17.32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 72, D.T. 463d. HMZ 2-208a. Fr-152.
- 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.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 77, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction, Coins and Medals of Switzerland, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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