Chur 1631 10 kreuzer

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 1058

This specimen was lot 1058 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHUR: Free Imperial City, AR 10 kreuzer, 1631, St. Luke facing right, a superb lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS65, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." This type was struck 1629-37 in sufficient numbers that it lists in the SCWC as a fairly cheap coin. 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. Below St. Luke on the reverse is the city arms, which feature a leaping ibex.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.79 g, silver, 28 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-228, HMZ 2-489e.

Source:

• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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• 1630 10 kreuzer, mitred arms, issued by the bishop
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• Coins and currency dated 1631