Luzern 1782 1/4 thaler

Sincona sale 47, lot 2858

This specimen was lot 2858 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 375 CHF (about US$450 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND, Lucerne, Stadt und Kanton, Vierteltaler (10 Batzen) 1782. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Leicht gereinigt. (city and canton of Lucerne, quarter thaler/ten batzen of 1782. Very fine-extremely fine, lightly cleaned.)"

The SCWC lists this type as a forty kreuzer or ten batzen. It also comes undated.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.9 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 7.31 g.

Catalog reference: D.T. 548b, HMZ 2-654c, KM 78 (40 kreuzer).

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.

Link to:

• Luzern (1779)-CB 10 batzen = 40 kreuzer
• 1790 angster, struck in silver
• 1793 40 kreuzer
• 1795 20 kreuzer
• 1795 20 batzen
• 1796 40 batzen
• Coins and currency dated 1782
• return to coins of Switzerland, Lucern