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[[Image:Sincona91-3115.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3115]] | [[Image:Sincona91-3115.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3115]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3115 in Sincona sale 91 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3115 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 425 CHF (about US$570 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Vierer 1550, Bern. Sehr selten. Schön.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Bern|canton of Bern]], vierer of 1550, Bern mint. Very rare, Fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1547-50, 1554-56, 1559 and undated. The reverse legend, "✠ BERCTOL · D · ZERINGE :", likely refers to Berthold V, last duke of Zähringen (r. 1186-1218). |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 20:23, 27 November 2024
This specimen was lot 3115 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 425 CHF (about US$570 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Vierer 1550, Bern. Sehr selten. Schön. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, vierer of 1550, Bern mint. Very rare, Fine.)"
This type was struck 1547-50, 1554-56, 1559 and undated. The reverse legend, "✠ BERCTOL · D · ZERINGE :", likely refers to Berthold V, last duke of Zähringen (r. 1186-1218).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.46 g, billon, this specimen 0.55 g.
Catalog reference: Lohner 906, HMZ 2-178e.
- 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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