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[[Image:Bern Sincona 39-4576.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 39, lot 4576]] | [[Image:Bern Sincona 39-4576.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 39, lot 4576]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 4576 in Sincona sale 39 ( | + | This specimen was lot 4576 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Bern, Batzen 1770. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast FDC.'' (canton of Bern, batzen of 1770. Very rare in this condition. About uncirculated.)"</blockquote> Bern, one of the cantons of Switzerland, struck coins fairly steadily throughout the eighteenth century altho thalers are scarce. The coinage was interrupted by Napoleonic occupation but resumed in 1817. In 1839, the coinage was decimalized to 100 centimes = one franc and one, two, four, ten and twenty-five centimes were issued, all in billon. This type was struck 1717, 1754 and 1765-98 and this is a common date. Four kreuzer = 1 batzen = 1/40 of a thaler. In 1848, Bern was incorporated into the reformed Swiss Confederation and coinage for the individual cantons ceased. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. | * Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. | ||
| − | * Richter, | + | * 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. |
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Jürg Richter, ''Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland,'' | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Jürg Richter, ''Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017. |
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| − | * [[Bern | + | * [[Bern 1766 1/2 kreuzer|1766 half kreuzer (vierer), struck in gold]] |
| + | * [[Bern 1766 4 kreuzer]] = batzen | ||
* [[Bern 1770 2 kreuzer|1770 2 kreuzer]] | * [[Bern 1770 2 kreuzer|1770 2 kreuzer]] | ||
| + | * [[Bern 1771 1/2 kreuzer|1771 half kreuzer (vierer)]] | ||
| + | * [[Bern 1772 kreuzer|1772 kreuzer]] | ||
| + | * [[Bern 1772 4 kreuzer]] = batzen | ||
* [[Bern 1772 3 ducats Fr-170|1772 triple ducat]] | * [[Bern 1772 3 ducats Fr-170|1772 triple ducat]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1770]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1770]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Switzerland, Bern|Bern]] | * return to coins of [[Switzerland, Bern|Bern]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 37, 38, 39, 40]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]] | [[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 37, 38, 39, 40]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:51, 20 June 2025
This specimen was lot 4576 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bern, Batzen 1770. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast FDC. (canton of Bern, batzen of 1770. Very rare in this condition. About uncirculated.)"
Bern, one of the cantons of Switzerland, struck coins fairly steadily throughout the eighteenth century altho thalers are scarce. The coinage was interrupted by Napoleonic occupation but resumed in 1817. In 1839, the coinage was decimalized to 100 centimes = one franc and one, two, four, ten and twenty-five centimes were issued, all in billon. This type was struck 1717, 1754 and 1765-98 and this is a common date. Four kreuzer = 1 batzen = 1/40 of a thaler. In 1848, Bern was incorporated into the reformed Swiss Confederation and coinage for the individual cantons ceased.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2.41 g.
Catalog reference: D.T. 524e, HMZ 2-223e, KM 87.
- 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]Jürg Richter, Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
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