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[[Image:Bern Sincona 39-4546.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 39, lot 4546]]
 
[[Image:Bern Sincona 39-4546.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 39, lot 4546]]
  
This specimen was lot 4546 in Sincona sale 39 (Zurich, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Bern, 10 Kreuzer 1669. Fast vorzüglich.'' (canton of Bern, ten kreuzer of 1669. About extremely fine.)"</blockquote> In the predecimal system of [[Switzerland]], four kreuzer = one batzen and forty batzen = one thaler, making this type of 1669 equal to one sixteenth of a thaler. Another ten kreuzer exists for 1669 with the denomination on the eagle's breast ([[Bern 1669 10 kreuzer KM-26|KM 26]]); it is rare.
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This specimen was lot 4546 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Bern, 10 Kreuzer 1669. Fast vorzüglich.'' (canton of Bern, ten kreuzer of 1669. About extremely fine.)"</blockquote> In the predecimal system of [[Switzerland]], four kreuzer = one batzen and forty batzen = one thaler, making this type of 1669 equal to one sixteenth of a thaler. Another ten kreuzer exists for 1669 with the denomination on the eagle's breast ([[Bern 1669 10 kreuzer KM-26|KM 26]]); it is rare.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
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* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.  
 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.  
 
* 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 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland,'' Zurich: Sincona AG, 2017.  
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* <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 1659 20 kreuzer|1659 20 kreuzer]]
 
* [[Bern 1659 20 kreuzer|1659 20 kreuzer]]
 
* [[Bern 1669 10 kreuzer KM-26|1669 10 kreuzer, "10" on eagle's breast]]
 
* [[Bern 1669 10 kreuzer KM-26|1669 10 kreuzer, "10" on eagle's breast]]
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* [[Bern (1670) thaler Dav-4615|(1670) thaler]]
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* [[Bern 1679 10 kreuzer|1679 10 kreuzer]]
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* [[Bern 1679 20 kreuzer|1679 20 kreuzer]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1669]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1669]]
 
* return to coins of [[Switzerland, Bern]]
 
* return to coins of [[Switzerland, 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 09:51, 20 June 2025

Sincona sale 39, lot 4546

This specimen was lot 4546 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"Bern, 10 Kreuzer 1669. Fast vorzüglich. (canton of Bern, ten kreuzer of 1669. About extremely fine.)"

In the predecimal system of Switzerland, four kreuzer = one batzen and forty batzen = one thaler, making this type of 1669 equal to one sixteenth of a thaler. Another ten kreuzer exists for 1669 with the denomination on the eagle's breast (KM 26); it is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 2.57 g.

Catalog reference: D.T. 1146, HMZ 2-196f; KM 35.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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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