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[[Image:S69-03021q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 70, lot 3021]] | [[Image:S69-03021q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 70, lot 3021]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3021 in Sincona sale 70 (Zurich, May 2021), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$ including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Aargau | Kanton, 2 Rappen 1816, Aarau. Seltener Jahrgang. Fast FDC.'' (Switzerland, [[Switzerland, Aargau|canton of Aargau]], two rappen of 1816, Aarau mint. Rare date, About uncirculated.)"</blockquote> Aargau, a small canton on the Rhine between Zurich and Basel, struck coins until 1831. This type was struck 1808, 1811-16. It is common in all grades. Ten rappen = 4 kreuzer = one batzen = 1/40 thaler. | + | This specimen was lot 3021 in Sincona sale 70 (Zurich, May 2021), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$199 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Aargau | Kanton, 2 Rappen 1816, Aarau. Seltener Jahrgang. Fast FDC.'' (Switzerland, [[Switzerland, Aargau|canton of Aargau]], two rappen of 1816, Aarau mint. Rare date, About uncirculated.)"</blockquote> Aargau, a small canton on the Rhine between Zurich and Basel, struck coins until 1831. This type was struck 1808, 1811-16. It is common in all grades. Ten rappen = 4 kreuzer = one batzen = 1/40 thaler. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 09:28, 25 July 2021
This specimen was lot 3021 in Sincona sale 70 (Zurich, May 2021), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$199 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Aargau | Kanton, 2 Rappen 1816, Aarau. Seltener Jahrgang. Fast FDC. (Switzerland, canton of Aargau, two rappen of 1816, Aarau mint. Rare date, About uncirculated.)"
Aargau, a small canton on the Rhine between Zurich and Basel, struck coins until 1831. This type was struck 1808, 1811-16. It is common in all grades. Ten rappen = 4 kreuzer = one batzen = 1/40 thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1.40 g.
Catalog reference: KM 11, D.T. 206c. HMZ 2-26f.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Richter, Juerg, 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 70, Swiss Coins and Medals and Rarities in Gold, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2021.
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