Solothurn 1787 10 kreuzer

Sincona sale 90, lot 2591

This specimen was lot 2591 in Sincona sale 90 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$537 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Solothurn, Stadt und Kanton, 10 Kreuzer 1787, Solothurn. Fehlprägung: Zweifachprägung mit inkusen Rückseitendetails. Äusserst selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. Hübsche Patina. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, ten kreuzer of 1787, Solothurn mint. Error strike with the obverse details showing on the reverse. Extremely rare, Extremely fine-uncirculated, Attractively toned.)"

This coin is listed in the SCWC as a 2½ batzen. It was also struck 1794-95. We can't tell if this example was struck from clashed dies or is a brockage (struck against another coin struck to the die). Clashed dies normally show in the fields, not the devices, while a brockage will usually show one side completely reversed. The reverse motto, "CUNCTA PER DEUM", translates as, "United by God." The monetary system was 4 pfennig = one kreuzer, 4 kreuzer = one batzen, 10 batzen = one franken.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 2.07 g.

Catalog reference: KM 67, D.T. 690a, var, HMZ 2-847d, var.

Source:

• 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 90, Münzen und Medaillen der Welt, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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