Schwyz 1816 angster
This specimen was part of lot 4414 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), which sold for 40 CHF (about US$58 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Schwyz, Angster 1814, Aarau. Angster 1816. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (2) (Switzerland, Schwyz, angsters of 1814 and 1816, Aarau mint. Very Fine-About Uncirculated, two pieces.)"
This type, the lowest copper denomination, was struck 1810-16, 1821, 1827, 1838, 1843-46. After being temporarily unified under Napoleon's Helvetic Republic, the cantons went their separate ways after the Congress of Vienna and issued a torrent of low value coins. The Swiss confederation was reorganized in 1848 and the cantonal issues terminated. Numista states 200 angster made a franc.
Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.
Specification: 0.6 g, copper, 14 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 55, D.T. 88g, HMZ 2-812g.
- Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zürich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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