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Revision as of 10:23, 19 November 2024
This specimen was lot 3114 in Sincona sale 91 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 13,000 CHF (about US$17,178 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Halber Guldiner 1540, Bern. Gekröntes Reichswappen über den beiden Berner Wappen. In der Umschrift die Jahreszahl. Rv. Nimbierter Doppeladler im Zentrum. Darum herum ein doppelter Wappenkreis. Der Innere mit zwölf, der Äussere mit zwanzig Wappen. Sehr selten. Gutes vorzüglich. Kleiner Schrötlingsfehler. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, half guldiner of 1540, Bern mint. Obverse: crowned imperial arms over two city arms, date in legend. Obverse: nimbate double headed eagle in the center, a double circle of arms around, the inner circle with twelve shields, the outer circle with twenty. Very rare, Good extremely fine, Minor flan flaw.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.34 g.
Catalog reference: Lohner 173. Richter (Proben) 1-129, HMZ 2-171c (in Guldiner weight).
- 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), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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