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This specimen was lot 4166 in Sincona sale 95 (Zurich, October 2024), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$208 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Batzen 1778, Bern. Vorzüglich-FDC.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Bern|canton of Bern]], batzen of 1778, Bern mint. Extremely Fine-Uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1717, 1754, 1765-66, 1770-78, 1784, 1789, 1793-98. Four kreuzer = one batzen = 1/40 of a thaler.
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This specimen was lot 4166 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$208 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Batzen 1778, Bern. Vorzüglich-FDC.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Bern|canton of Bern]], batzen of 1778, Bern mint. Extremely Fine-Uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1717, 1754, 1765-66, 1770-78, 1784, 1789, 1793-98. Four kreuzer = one batzen = 1/40 of a thaler.
  
 
''Record mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Record mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 20:25, 27 November 2024

Sincona sale 95, lot 4166

This specimen was lot 4166 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$208 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Batzen 1778, Bern. Vorzüglich-FDC. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, batzen of 1778, Bern mint. Extremely Fine-Uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1717, 1754, 1765-66, 1770-78, 1784, 1789, 1793-98. Four kreuzer = one batzen = 1/40 of a thaler.

Record mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.35 g, billon, this specimen 2.57 g.

Catalog reference: KM 87, D.T. 524k, HMZ 2-223j.

Sources:

  • 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 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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