Chur (15)70-HR kreuzer

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Sincona sale 51, lot 4111

This specimen was lot 4111 in Sincona sale 51 (Zürich, October 2018), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$241 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Gotteshausbund, Kreuzer 1570, Chur. Sehr schön. Etwas dezentriert. (canton of Grisons, God's House league, kreuzer of 1570, Chur mint. Very fine, Slightly off-center.)"

We are going to guess from the weight that a kreuzer was half a schilling. Chur, along with the rest of Switzerland, left the Empire in 1648 as part of the Treaty of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years War.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 0.83 g.

Catalog reference: HMZ 2-513h.

Source:

  • Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona Auction 51: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2018.

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