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Revision as of 14:41, 13 June 2025
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.
- 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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