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This specimen was lot 3158 in Sincona sale 91 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Vierer 1785, Bern. FDC.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Bern|canton of Bern]], vierer of 1785, Bern mint. Uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type, worth half a kreuzer, was struck intermittently 1762-66, 1769-71, 1774-81, 1785-97. In the eighteenth century, one thaler was 120 kreuzer.
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This specimen was lot 3158 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Vierer 1785, Bern. FDC.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Bern|canton of Bern]], vierer of 1785, Bern mint. Uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type, worth half a kreuzer, was struck intermittently 1762-66, 1769-71, 1774-81, 1785-97. In the eighteenth century, one thaler was 120 kreuzer.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 20:17, 27 November 2024

Sincona sale 91, lot 3158

This specimen was lot 3158 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Vierer 1785, Bern. FDC. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, vierer of 1785, Bern mint. Uncirculated.)"

This type, worth half a kreuzer, was struck intermittently 1762-66, 1769-71, 1774-81, 1785-97. In the eighteenth century, one thaler was 120 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 0.66 g.

Catalog reference: KM 122, D.T. 531n, HMZ 2-226x.

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 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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