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[[Image:Sincona91-3480.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3480]]
 
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This specimen was lot 3480 in Sincona sale 91 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$132 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Solothurn, Vierer 1789, Solothurn. Gutes vorzüglich.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Solothurn|canton of Solothurn]], vierer of 1789, Solothurn mint. Good extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1761, 1789-90, 1793-98 and is common up thru Extremely Fine. Four kreuzer made a batzen and forty batzen made a thaler.
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This specimen was lot 3480 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$132 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Solothurn, Vierer 1789, Solothurn. Gutes vorzüglich.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Solothurn|canton of Solothurn]], vierer of 1789, Solothurn mint. Good extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1761, 1789-90, 1793-98 and is common up thru Extremely Fine. Four kreuzer made a batzen and forty batzen made a thaler.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
  
''Specification:'' billon, this specimen 0.59 g.  
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''Specification:'' 0.6 g, billon, 14.5 mm diameter, this specimen 0.59 g.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 36.2, Simmen 77a. D.T. 696b, HMZ 2-851b.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 36.2, Simmen 77a. D.T. 696b, HMZ 2-851b.  
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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>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
  
 
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* [[Solothurn 1788 10 batzen|1788 10 batzen]]
 
* [[Solothurn 1789 1/4 duplone Fr-393|1789 quarter duplone]]
 
* [[Solothurn 1789 1/4 duplone Fr-393|1789 quarter duplone]]
 
* [[Solothurn 1790 1/2 kreuzer|1790 half kreuzer (vierer)]]
 
* [[Solothurn 1790 1/2 kreuzer|1790 half kreuzer (vierer)]]
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* [[Solothurn 1793 1/2 kreuzer|1793 half kreuzer (vierer)]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1789]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1789]]
  
 
[[Category: Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category: Selections from Sincona sale 88, 89, 90, 91]]
 
[[Category: Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category: Selections from Sincona sale 88, 89, 90, 91]]

Latest revision as of 13:10, 3 January 2026

Sincona sale 91, lot 3480

This specimen was lot 3480 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$132 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Solothurn, Vierer 1789, Solothurn. Gutes vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, vierer of 1789, Solothurn mint. Good extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1761, 1789-90, 1793-98 and is common up thru Extremely Fine. Four kreuzer made a batzen and forty batzen made a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.6 g, billon, 14.5 mm diameter, this specimen 0.59 g.

Catalog reference: KM 36.2, Simmen 77a. D.T. 696b, HMZ 2-851b.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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