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| − | This specimen was lot 4009 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$151 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"SCHWEIZ Aargau, Batzen 1809, Aarau. ''Vorzüglich-FDC'', About Uncirculated."</blockquote> This batzen was struck 1807-11, 1816. No coinage for Aargau exists prior to 1798, when it was admitted as a canton to the confederation. Ten rappen made a batzen and forty batzen made a thaler. | + | This specimen was lot 4009 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$151 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"[[Switerland|SCHWEIZ]] [[Switzerland, Aargau|Aargau]], Batzen 1809, Aarau. ''Vorzüglich-FDC'', About Uncirculated."</blockquote> This batzen was struck 1807-11, 1816. No coinage for Aargau exists prior to 1798, when it was admitted as a canton to the confederation. Ten rappen made a batzen and forty batzen made a thaler. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 350,000. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 350,000. | ||
Revision as of 16:01, 29 December 2025
This specimen was lot 4009 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$151 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Aargau, Batzen 1809, Aarau. Vorzüglich-FDC, About Uncirculated."
This batzen was struck 1807-11, 1816. No coinage for Aargau exists prior to 1798, when it was admitted as a canton to the confederation. Ten rappen made a batzen and forty batzen made a thaler.
Recorded mintage: 350,000.
Specification: 2.5 g, billon, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 2.78 g.
Catalog reference: KM 9.1, D.T. 199c. HMZ 2-23h.
- Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zürich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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