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[[Image:Bern Sincona 39-4554.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 39, lot 4554]] | [[Image:Bern Sincona 39-4554.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 39, lot 4554]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 4554 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 65,000 CHF (about US$77,955 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Bern, 8 Dukaten o. J. (um 1710). Von grösster Seltenheit. Vorzüglich. Winz. Randfehler.'' (canton of Bern, undated eight ducats. Of the highest rarity. Extremely fine. Minor edge nick.)"</blockquote> This enormous coin is accompanied by four ([[Bern (1710)-DB 4 ducats Fr-153|KM 78]]), five ([[Bern (1710)-DB 4 ducats Fr-153|KM 72]]), six ([[Bern (1710) 6 ducats Fr-151|KM 79]]), seven (KM 80) and ten ducats (KM 81). | + | This specimen was lot 4554 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 65,000 CHF (about US$77,955 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Bern, 8 Dukaten o. J. (um 1710). Von grösster Seltenheit. Vorzüglich. Winz. Randfehler.'' (canton of Bern, undated eight ducats. Of the highest rarity. Extremely fine. Minor edge nick.)"</blockquote> This enormous coin is accompanied by four ([[Bern (1710)-DB 4 ducats Fr-153|KM 78]]), five ([[Bern (1710)-DB 4 ducats Fr-153|KM 72]]), six ([[Bern (1710)-DB 6 ducats Fr-151|KM 79]]), seven (KM 80) and ten ducats (KM 81). |
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* [[Bern (1710)-DB 4 ducats Fr-153|(1710) quadruple ducat]] | * [[Bern (1710)-DB 4 ducats Fr-153|(1710) quadruple ducat]] | ||
* [[Bern (1710)-DB 5 ducats Fr-152|(1710) quintuple ducat]] | * [[Bern (1710)-DB 5 ducats Fr-152|(1710) quintuple ducat]] | ||
| − | * [[Bern (1710) 6 ducats Fr-151|(1710) 6 ducats]] | + | * [[Bern (1710)-DB 6 ducats Fr-151|(1710) 6 ducats]] |
* [[Bern (1710)-DB 10 ducats Fr-147|(1710) 10 ducats]] | * [[Bern (1710)-DB 10 ducats Fr-147|(1710) 10 ducats]] | ||
* [[Bern 1714 1/2 ducat Fr-173|1714 half ducat]] | * [[Bern 1714 1/2 ducat Fr-173|1714 half ducat]] | ||
Revision as of 14:49, 13 June 2025
This specimen was lot 4554 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 65,000 CHF (about US$77,955 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bern, 8 Dukaten o. J. (um 1710). Von grösster Seltenheit. Vorzüglich. Winz. Randfehler. (canton of Bern, undated eight ducats. Of the highest rarity. Extremely fine. Minor edge nick.)"
This enormous coin is accompanied by four (KM 78), five (KM 72), six (KM 79), seven (KM 80) and ten ducats (KM 81).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 27.57 g.
Catalog reference: D.T. -, HMZ 2-205a, Fr-149, KM 77.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- 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]Jürg Richter, Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2017.
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