Watch List notes:

SWITZERLAND, Kanton Bern. Bern. AR 40 Batzen – Taler (38mm, 29.19 g, 6h). 1816 countermarked issue. Bern coat-of-arms and value, each within incuse, respectively struck on obverse and reverse of a Limoges mint écu de 6 livres, dated 1792 I (cf. KM 615.1 [Paris]). FRANÇOIS in obverse legend. HMZ 2-231c var. (FRANÇAIS in obv. legend); KM 182; cf. Palombo 2004, lot 727 (1793 A). Toned. Host coin VF, countermark EF. Rare.


From the David J. Fleischmann Collection.