Bern 1620 dicken KM-12

Sincona sale 98, lot 4093

This specimen was lot 4093 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,161 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1620, Bern. Bär im Wappen. Rv. Doppeladler. Selten. Gutes sehr schön. Kleiner Schrötlingsfehler. Exemplar der Auktion SINCONA 6, Zürich, Mai 2012, Los 1994. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, dicken of 1620, Bern mint. Obverse: bear in shield; reverse: double headed eagle. Rare, Good Very Fine, Minor flan flaw.)"

The SCWC lists four dicken for 1620: KM 12 (bear in shield on obverse, eagle on reverse, shown here), KM 20 (klippe version of KM 12), KM 21 (bear on obverse, cross on reverse), KM 22 (klippe version of KM 21). All are rare. A dicken was 24 kreuzer or six batzen.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 6.92 g.

Catalog reference: KM 12, D.T. 1137c, HMZ 2-192c.

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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