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Unidentified Coin 1793 European | Bern 4 Kreuzer

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 Posted 05/10/2008  5:45 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add front desk to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
silver looking coin with woman's head very worn on face
1793 on reverse is a small square-ish shield with embellishing on edges part of shield. inside shield divided by a diagonal slash is a bear facing left and below the slash CR 4
wording on the coin looks like "Dominus providebit moneta Reiput Bernensis.
Anythoughts, Anyone?
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05/12/2008 03:59 am
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 Posted 05/10/2008  6:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add greeniejim to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sounds a bit like a swiss coin, just looked on ebay and came up with this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Switzerland-Ber...on_W0QQitemZ190220545312QQihZ009QQcategoryZ45158QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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 Posted 05/10/2008  6:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KurtS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice find on ebay! I'm pretty certain that's a Bern Kantonal coin, I'm just not sure which denomimation.
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Been doing a bit more searching, I think it may be 4 Kreuzer from Swiss Canton( Possibly Bern or Nauchatel, 4 Kreuzer was a quarter of a Batzen, although Kreuzer were also used in Austria,and Germany, the legend Moneta Reiput Bernensis does appear on other Swiss coins.
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If the coin has a bear in the shield and it says "Bernensis", that coin was definitely minted by Kanton Bern. If it's not obvious, at the time all these Kantons and states were very particular about their own identity and would never use emblems of other Kantons.
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