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Revision as of 09:50, 23 November 2022
This specimen was lot 4557 in Sincona sale 39 (Zurich, May 2017), where it sold for 4,250 CHF (about US$5,097 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bern. Dukat 1718. Gekröntes Berner Wappen. Die Umschrift ist über dem Wappen durchgehend. Rv. Von einem Mann und einer Frau gehaltenes Tuch mit Inschrift, Wertangabe und Jahreszahl. Selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. (canton of Bern, ducat of 1718. Obverse: crowned city arms, motto around; reverse: a man and a woman support a cartouche containing the city name, value and date. Rare. Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"
This rare type is a reissue of a coin first minted in 1697.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 3.42 g.
Catalog reference: Lohner 98. D.T. 484, HMZ 2-215b. Fr-139, KM 62.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2017.
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