Graubunden 1820-B 1/2 batzen

Sincona sale 83, lot 4862

This specimen was lot 4862 in Sincona sale 83 (Zurich, May 2023), where it sold for 250 CHF (about US$335 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND Grisons, Halbbatzen 1820, Zürich. Mzz. "B" links des Datums. Prachtvolle Erhaltung. FDC (Half batzen of 1820, Zurich mint, mintmark "B" to the left of the date. Cabinet piece. Brilliant uncirculated)." This type was also struck in 1807, a much scarcer date. A batzen was four kreuzer and forty batzen made a thaler. Graubunden's coinage is probably the least prolific of the post-Napoleonic period and ceased with a shooting thaler of 1842 (KM 17).

Recorded mintage: 60,000.

Specification: normally billon, this specimen 1.81 g.

Catalog reference: KM 6, D.T. 184b, HMZ 2-606c.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zurich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
• 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 83, World and Swiss Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.

Link to:

• 1820-B batzen
• 1820 5 batzen
• 1825 10 batzen
• 1836 half batzen
• Coins and currency dated 1820