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* [[Neuchatel 1796 10-1/2 batzen|1796 10½ batzen]] = ½ gulden | * [[Neuchatel 1796 10-1/2 batzen|1796 10½ batzen]] = ½ gulden | ||
* [[Neuchatel 1796 28 kreuzer|1796 28 kreuzer]] = 7 batzen = ¼ gulden | * [[Neuchatel 1796 28 kreuzer|1796 28 kreuzer]] = 7 batzen = ¼ gulden | ||
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* [[Neuchatel 1799 1/2 batzen KM-55|1799 half batzen, obverse legend "F G BOR"]] | * [[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 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 | * [[Neuchatel 1799 21 batzen|1799 21 batzen]] = ½ thaler | ||
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Revision as of 09:29, 24 June 2024
This specimen was lot 3931 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €350 (about US$487 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. 21 Batzen (Gulden) 1796, Neuenburg (Neuchâtel). Prägung für das Fürstentum Neuenburg. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, 21 batzen of 1796, Neuchatel mint, struck for the principality of Neuchatel. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type, like most issues from this small part of Switzerland, is rare. Twenty one batzen = one gulden = half a convention thaler.
Recorded mintage: 23,000.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14,98 g.
Catalog reference: KM 53, HMZ 2-706 a; J. 231; Olding 45 b.
- 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.
- [1]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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- 1792 batzen
- 1793 half batzen = 2 kreuzer
- 1793 28 kreuzer
- 1795 56 kreuzer = 14 batzen = ½ gulden
- 1796 10½ batzen = ½ gulden
- 1796 28 kreuzer = 7 batzen = ¼ gulden
- 1798 4 kreuzer (batzen)
- 1799 half batzen, obverse legend "F G BOR"
- 1799 half batzen, obverse legend "F W III BOR" and spade shaped shield = 2 kreuzer
- 1799 21 batzen = ½ thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1796