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[[Image:Bern S64-3147.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 64, lot 3147]] | [[Image:Bern S64-3147.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 64, lot 3147]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3147 in Sincona sale 64 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3147 in Sincona sale 64 (Zürich, June 2020), where it sold for 500 CHF (about US$627 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Bern | Stadt und Kanton, Halbbatzen 1777, Bern. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Vorzüglich-FDC.'' (city and canton of [[Switzerland, Bern|Bern]], half batzen of 1777, Bern mint. Very rare date, Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This issue was struck 1718-21, 1753-55, 1770-78, 1784-88, 1794-98. Most dates are common tho this one is rare. At the time, four kreuzer = one batzen and forty batzen = one thaler. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Sincona sale 64: Swiss Coins and Medals,'' | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Sincona sale 64: Swiss Coins and Medals,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2020. |
* 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. |
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* [[Bern 1776 2 kreuzer]] = half batzen | * [[Bern 1776 2 kreuzer]] = half batzen | ||
* [[Bern 1776 batzen]] | * [[Bern 1776 batzen]] | ||
| − | * [[Bern 1777 kreuzer]] | + | * [[Bern 1776 20 kreuzer|1776 20 kreuzer]] |
| + | * [[Bern 1777 kreuzer|1777 kreuzer]] | ||
| + | * [[Bern 1777 20 kreuzer|1777 20 kreuzer]] | ||
| + | * [[Bern 1778 1/2 kreuzer|1778 ½ kreuzer (vierer), struck in gold]] | ||
* [[Bern 1778 10 kreuzer]] = 2½ batzen | * [[Bern 1778 10 kreuzer]] = 2½ batzen | ||
* [[Bern 1784 2 kreuzer]] = half batzen | * [[Bern 1784 2 kreuzer]] = half batzen | ||
Latest revision as of 10:54, 2 January 2026
This specimen was lot 3147 in Sincona sale 64 (Zürich, June 2020), where it sold for 500 CHF (about US$627 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Bern | Stadt und Kanton, Halbbatzen 1777, Bern. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Vorzüglich-FDC. (city and canton of Bern, half batzen of 1777, Bern mint. Very rare date, Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"
This issue was struck 1718-21, 1753-55, 1770-78, 1784-88, 1794-98. Most dates are common tho this one is rare. At the time, four kreuzer = one batzen and forty batzen = one thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 1.92 g.
Catalog reference: KM 91, D.T. 525o, HMZ 2-224q.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 64: Swiss Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2020.
- 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.
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