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* [[Bern 1776 10 kreuzer|1776 10 kreuzer]] = 2½ batzen | * [[Bern 1776 10 kreuzer|1776 10 kreuzer]] = 2½ batzen | ||
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Revision as of 16:26, 21 June 2024
This specimen was lot 4042 in Sincona sale 87 (Zurich, October 2023), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$875 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bern, 10 Kreuzer 1759, Bern. FDC. Prachtvolle Erhaltung mit herrlicher Patina. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, ten kreuzer of 1759, Bern mint. Uncirculated, Beautiful condition with magnificent patina.)"
This type was struck 1759, 1764-65, 1779-78, 1787 and 1790. In Germany, the convention thaler was 120 kreuzer; in Switzerland, the thaler was 160 kreuzer, making this coin 2½ batzen or 1/16 thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 2.30 g.
Catalog reference: KM 120, D.T. 522a, HMZ 2-222g.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 87, World Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
- 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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- 1755 10 kreuzer = 2½ batzen
- 1759 quarter thaler = 10 batzen
- 1776 10 kreuzer = 2½ batzen
- Coins and currency dated 1759