Medal "Sechzehnerpfennig" - Äusserer Stand

Medal "Sechzehnerpfennig" - Äusserer Stand - obverseMedal "Sechzehnerpfennig" - Äusserer Stand - reverse

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Features

Location City of Bern
Period Republic (1648-1798)
Type Commemorative medals › Society medal
Year 1737
Value 16 Pfennigs
Composition Silver
Weight 9.3 g
Diameter 32 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
86334
References Wunderly 1# 1371
Wilhelm Tobler-Meyer; 1896. Die Münz- und Medaillen-Sammlung des Herrn Hans Wunderly v. Muralt in Zürich / Band 1. Münzen und Medaillen der Stadt und des Kantons Zürich und der ehemaligen Benedictinerabtei Rheinau : Erläutert und beschrieben von Wilhelm Tobler-Meyer. Albert Müller Kommissions-Verlag, Zürich, Switzerland.

Obverse

Monkey holding mirror and sitting on a lobster within a stylized frame. In the background globe standing on pedestal with different star signs. Legend to the sides and inscriptionbelow with date in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HOC SIDERE / GAUDET.
SENAT:ET XVI.VIRI STAT // EXTER BERN

Reverse

Sail ships approaching a harbor.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DEXTER Æ GUBERNATIONIS SPES
MDCCXXXVII

Comments

Catalogue Reference: Wunderly 1371, Haller 793, Schweizer Medaillen 637

A Sechzehnerpfennig is a tradition from Bern. A Token that was paid out each year on easter to the 16 members of the electoral college, which were deciding who was to become the next supreme authority of the city of Bern

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1737  MDCCXXXVII

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