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[[Image:S69-03193q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 70, lot 3193]] | [[Image:S69-03193q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 70, lot 3193]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3193 in Sincona sale 70 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3193 in Sincona sale 70 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 140 CHF (about US$186 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Bern | Stadt und Kanton. Batzen 1765, Bern. Sehr schön-fast vorzüglich.'' (Switzerland, [[Switzerland, Bern|city and canton of Bern]], batzen of 1765, Bern mint. Very fine-about extremely fine.)"</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, 1765-66, 1770-78, 1784, 1789, 1793-98 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. |
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* 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, 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. | * 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 70, Swiss Coins and Medals and Rarities in Gold,'' | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Jürg Richter, ''Auction 70, Swiss Coins and Medals and Rarities in Gold,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2021. |
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| + | * [[Bern 1764 10 kreuzer|1764 10 kreuzer]] | ||
| + | * [[Bern 1764 20 kreuzer|1764 20 kreuzer]] | ||
* [[Basel 1765 batzen]] | * [[Basel 1765 batzen]] | ||
| + | * [[Bern 1766 1/2 kreuzer|1766 half kreuzer (vierer), struck in gold]] | ||
* [[Bern 1766 4 kreuzer]] = batzen | * [[Bern 1766 4 kreuzer]] = batzen | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1765]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1765]] | ||
[[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 69, 70]] | [[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 69, 70]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:51, 20 June 2025
This specimen was lot 3193 in Sincona sale 70 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 140 CHF (about US$186 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Bern | Stadt und Kanton. Batzen 1765, Bern. Sehr schön-fast vorzüglich. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, batzen of 1765, Bern mint. Very fine-about extremely fine.)"
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, 1765-66, 1770-78, 1784, 1789, 1793-98 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.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2.19 g.
Catalog reference: KM 87, D.T. 524c, HMZ 2-223c.
- 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 70, Swiss Coins and Medals and Rarities in Gold, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2021.
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