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August 2015 ANA Auction - Sessions B-C 14 August 2015
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SWITZERLAND. Helvetian Republic. 40 Batzen, 1798-BA. NGC MS-62.
Dav-1771; KM-A4.1; HMZ-2-1185b; Divo-3b. Lightly iridescent toned with an astonishing amount of detail present, especially in the head and face of the guard. A coin struck the first year Switzerland had been forced into a Republican form of government by invading Napoleonic forces, and historically significant as such. Much as the local denizens resented the foreign meddling by the French, one can say that the seeds of a Swiss national identity began the year this coin was struck, or more specifically, after April 14, 1798 when the Helvetian Republic was declared "one and indivisible" by the cantonal assembly. Struck at the Basel mint. Quite attractive. NGC MS-62.
From the Q. David Bowers Collection.
Estimate: $1500.00- $2000.00
Dav-1771; KM-A4.1; HMZ-2-1185b; Divo-3b. Lightly iridescent toned with an astonishing amount of detail present, especially in the head and face of the guard. A coin struck the first year Switzerland had been forced into a Republican form of government by invading Napoleonic forces, and historically significant as such. Much as the local denizens resented the foreign meddling by the French, one can say that the seeds of a Swiss national identity began the year this coin was struck, or more specifically, after April 14, 1798 when the Helvetian Republic was declared "one and indivisible" by the cantonal assembly. Struck at the Basel mint. Quite attractive. NGC MS-62.
From the Q. David Bowers Collection.
Ex: Grundy Collection.
Estimate: $1500.00- $2000.00