Basel 1809 5 batzen
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This specimen was lot 35378 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $558. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. Basel. 5 Batzen, 1809. PCGS MS-66. Lustrous prooflike surfaces. Old green holder." This type was struck 1809-10 while the canton was under Napoleonic domination. The last five batzen was struck in 1826. Forty batzen made a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 26 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-199.
- Richter, Juerg, 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
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