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[[Image:S68-05112.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 68, lot 5112]]
 
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This specimen was lot 5112 in Sincona sale 68 (Zurich, October 2020), where it sold for 1,650 CHF (about US$2,172 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Aargau | Zofingen, Städtische Prägungen. 10 Kreuzer 1722, Zofingen. Nach links schreitender Bär über Stadtwappen. Schräg gerippter Rand. Selten. Gutes vorzüglich.'' (city of [[Switzerland, Aargau|Zofingen]], municipal striking, ten kreuzer of 1722, Zofingen mint. Obverse: walking bear left over the city arms, reeded edge. Rare, Good extremely fine.)"</blockquote> Ten kreuzer was 2½ batzen. The town issued a whole series of billon coinage in 1722, to preserve the town's mint right.
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This specimen was lot 5112 in Sincona sale 68 (Zürich, October 2020), where it sold for 1,650 CHF (about US$2,172 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Aargau | Zofingen, Städtische Prägungen. 10 Kreuzer 1722, Zofingen. Nach links schreitender Bär über Stadtwappen. Schräg gerippter Rand. Selten. Gutes vorzüglich.'' (city of [[Switzerland, Aargau|Zofingen]], municipal striking, ten kreuzer of 1722, Zofingen mint. Obverse: walking bear left over the city arms, reeded edge. Rare, Good extremely fine.)"</blockquote> Ten kreuzer was 2½ batzen. The town issued a whole series of billon coinage in 1722, to preserve the town's mint right.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce.

Revision as of 09:00, 11 June 2025

Sincona sale 68, lot 5112

This specimen was lot 5112 in Sincona sale 68 (Zürich, October 2020), where it sold for 1,650 CHF (about US$2,172 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND | Aargau | Zofingen, Städtische Prägungen. 10 Kreuzer 1722, Zofingen. Nach links schreitender Bär über Stadtwappen. Schräg gerippter Rand. Selten. Gutes vorzüglich. (city of Zofingen, municipal striking, ten kreuzer of 1722, Zofingen mint. Obverse: walking bear left over the city arms, reeded edge. Rare, Good extremely fine.)"

Ten kreuzer was 2½ batzen. The town issued a whole series of billon coinage in 1722, to preserve the town's mint right.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: billon; this specimen 2.28 g.

Catalog reference: KM 11, D.T. 959, HMZ 2-14a.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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 68, Swiss Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2020.

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