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[[Image:Solothurn S64-3541.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 63, lot 3541]] | [[Image:Solothurn S64-3541.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 63, lot 3541]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3541 in Sincona sale 64 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3541 in Sincona sale 64 (Zürich, June 2020), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,003 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Solothurn | Stadt und Kanton, 10 Kreuzer 1785, Solothurn. FDC. Prachtvolle Erhaltung.'' (canton of [[Switzerland, Solothurn|Solothurn]], ten kreuzer of 1785, Solothurn mint. Uncirculated, Magnificent condition.)"</blockquote> This ten kreuzer (one-sixth of a gulden) was the last of its denomination. The monetary system was 4 pfennig = one kreuzer, 4 kreuzer = one batzen, 10 batzen = one franken. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 08:47, 11 June 2025
This specimen was lot 3541 in Sincona sale 64 (Zürich, June 2020), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,003 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Solothurn | Stadt und Kanton, 10 Kreuzer 1785, Solothurn. FDC. Prachtvolle Erhaltung. (canton of Solothurn, ten kreuzer of 1785, Solothurn mint. Uncirculated, Magnificent condition.)"
This ten kreuzer (one-sixth of a gulden) was the last of its denomination. The monetary system was 4 pfennig = one kreuzer, 4 kreuzer = one batzen, 10 batzen = one franken.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 2.14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 47, D.T. 689, HMZ 2-847c.
- 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 sale 64: Swiss Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2020.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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