Chur 1630 10 kreuzer KM-84
This specimen was lot 4200 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$302 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Graubünden, Chur, Bistum. Joseph Mohr von Zernez, 1627-1635. 10 Kreuzer 1630, Chur. Mitriertes Wappen. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich-FDC. (Switzerland, canton of Grisons, bishopric of Chur, Joseph Mohr von Zernez, 1627-35, ten kreuzer of 1630, Chur mint, with mitred arms. Very rare in this condition, About Uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1630-35. The SCWC states that this is the most common date. It superseded an earlier type without a miter over the arms (KM 80). Meanwhile, the city struck its own ten kreuzers (KM 228).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.5 g, silver, 28 mm diameter, this specimen 3.12 g.
Catalog reference: KM 84, D.T. 1478a, HMZ 2-421d.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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