Bern 1811 5 batzen

Sincona Auction 105, lot 3185

This specimen was lot 3185 in Sincona Auction 105 (Zürich, May 2026), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$305 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, 5 Batzen 1811, Bern. Seltener Jahrgang. Fast FDC. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, five batzen of 1811, Bern mint. Rare date, About Mint State.)"

Forty batzen made a thaler, so five batzen are one-eighth of a thaler. This type was struck 1808, 1810-11, 1818; the 1811 is the key date. The last Bernese coin is a rappen dated 1836.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.58 g, 0.676 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 4.60 g.

Catalog reference: KM 170, D.T. 35c. HMZ 2-234c.

Source:

• 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, Jürg, Michael Hardmeier, Michael Otto, Arne Kirsch, Ruedi Kunsmann and Timur Demirai, SINCONA Auction 105: The Konrad Bürki Collection of Swiss Cantonal Coins - Part 5, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2026.

Links to:

• 1810 5 batzen
• Bern 1811 rappen
• 1811 2½ rappen
• 1811 franken
• 1818 5 batzen
• 1825 pattern 5 batzen
• Coins and currency dated 1811