Bern 1547 1/2 kreuzer

Sincona sale 98, lot 4082

This specimen was lot 4082 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 1,400 CHF (about US$2,031 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Vierer 1547, Bern. Sehr selten. Schön-sehr schön. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, Bern mint. Very rare, Fine-Very Fine.)"

This type was struck 1547-50, 1554, 1556, 1559 and undated. A vierer was half a kreuzer. One thaler was sixty kreuzer, later to rise to 72 kreuzer by the end of the century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.46 g, billon, 17 mm diameter, this specimen 0.74 g.

Catalog reference: HMZ 2-178b.

Sources:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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