4 Ducats Pattern

Features

Issuer City of Bern
Period Republic (1648-1798)
Type Pattern
Year 1680
Value 20 Kreuzers (⅛)
Currency Thaler (1646-1798)
Composition Bronze
Weight 6.43 g
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
198912

Obverse

Coat of arms of the city of Bern in ornate cartouche.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
✥ BERNENSIS ⋆ REIPUBLICÆ
CR 20

Reverse

Inscription in 5 lines inside ornate cartouche.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BERNE
DICTVS ⸰ SIT
IEHOVA ⸰ DEVS
⸰ 1680 ⸰
4

Comments

Likely minted with the dies of an unlisted 4 Ducat piece. During the renovation of a house on Münstergasse in Bern, completed in 1768, 11 pieces of this token were found in 1984; they were used to adjust a window frame.

Rüegg 63

The piece in the main image (6.43g, Good Very Fine):
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 30, 20 May 2016, Lot 3595. Sold for 180 CHF.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1680 

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