A coin that has traveled

newbiecollector · March 13, 2009 12:41AM

I do not have my books with me so I know nothing about this one.

It is very thin and the color in my photos is about 100% right. I like it a lot.
What say you?

TwoKopeiki · March 13, 2009 1:24AM

Looks like a very well traveled Swiss 10 Batzen from Freiburg. That's as far as my knowledge goes around this series

sumnom · March 14, 2009 2:12PM

I too like the look of it but that's all I can tell you.

thisnamztaken · March 14, 2009 2:19PM

I'll bet if it could talk, it would have some interesting tales to tell. It's been around the block a few times.

MacCrimmon · March 14, 2009 2:35PM

Your coin is actually a 1 batzen issued in the Kanton of Freiburg. The 10 below the line under BATZEN is the equivalent denomination reference for 10 rappen. It's composition is billon. 1811 is a slightly more difficult date, and yours would retail at about 20 CHF ($16 +/-) in SS (very fine or sehr schon) condition. The one caveat is a mineral oil soak to see if you can arrest/remove the verdigris. This coin jumps to $300-400 in gem condition.

A coin that has traveled

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