Solothurn 1793 1/2 kreuzer

Sincona sale 95, lot 4465

This specimen was lot 4465 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 60 CHF (about US$83 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Solothurn, Stadt und Kanton, Vierer 1793, Solothurn. Gutes vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, vierer of 1793, Solothurn mint. About Uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1761, 1789-90 and 1793-98, of which the 1789 and 1797 turn up the most often. This denomination was struck along with a half batzen (two kreuzer, KM 35) and batzen (four kreuzer, KM 41).

Record mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.6 g, billon, 14.5 mm diameter, this specimen 0.62 g.

Catalog reference: KM 36.1, Simmen-HMZ (SMK VII) 77c, D.T. 696d, HMZ 2-851d.

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), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

Link to:

• 1789 half kreuzer (vierer)
• 1789 quarter duplone
• 1790 half kreuzer (vierer)
• 1793 2 kreuzer (half batzen), struck in silver
• Solothurn 1793 4 kreuzer = batzen
• 1794 10 batzen = quarter thaler
• Solothurn 1795 20 batzen
• 1796 double duplone
• Coins and currency dated 1793