Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1743. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND, Bern. AV Double Duplone (15.25 gm, 6h). Dated 1797. RESPUBLICA BERNENSIS, wreathed edge, crowned city coat-of-arms; all within wreath / DEUS PROVIDEBIT, 1797 in exergue, Swiss soldier standing right, holding halberd in right hand and fasces set on ground in left. Lohner 137; Corragioni Tafel VIII, 9; Friedberg 186; KM 147. Superb EF with proof-like surfaces. ($1500)