Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 1602. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND, Ticino. 1813. AR Franco (7.47 gm). Bern mint (no star). Dated 1813. Civic coat-of-arms / Soldier with pike and shield; 1 FRANCO* in exergue. Mintage of 5,920 pieces in two varieties. KM 3. EF, lacquered. ($400)

From the Charles E. Weber Collection. Purchased from Dr. Busso Peus, 16 September 1946.

The reverse die was first engraved 1 FRANCHI (the plural of Franco) in error. The O* was cut over the ending to cover the blunder.