383, Lot: 701. Estimate $75. Sold for $105. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND, Kanton Bern. Bern. AR 20 Kreuzer Schulprämie (26mm, 4.70 g, 4h). School Premium (Prize). Dated 1706. BERNENSIS REIPVBLICA, Bern coat-of-arms within ornate frame; CR 20 below / Bear seated right, holding scroll inscribed MONETA/NOVA/1706 in three lines; two swords behind; in exergue, crossed palm frond and laurel branch. See http://www.beastcoins.com/Topical/Bears/Switzerland/Bears-Switzerland.htm for another example. VF, toned.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.