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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldCoinLover, post: 701814, member: 4336&quot;]Here&#039;s an interesting coin. I won it in a contest..like this one, lol.</p><p>It&#039;s silver, and they look like it was hammered. This is because it was actually struck with dies, but they used the dies until they literally fell apart! Interesting coin</p><p>The Batzen was a coin minted in Bern Switzerland from the 15th century up to the mid 19th century. The Batzen is named for the bear (Batz, meaning bear) depicted on the obverse of the coin. The Batzen was originally minted in silver, but by the mid-1800’s it was struck in billon. The 2½ Batzen and the 5 Batzen was always minted in silver. Bern’s monetary system, called the Batzen, was worth 4 Kreuzers</p><p><img src="http://webpagepictures.coinauctionshelp.com/contestcoin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://coinauctionshelp.com/TPGS_FORUM/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=573&amp;mode=view" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://coinauctionshelp.com/TPGS_FORUM/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=574&amp;mode=view" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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