Chur 1636 ducat Fr-230

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Sincona sale 35, lot 5233

This specimen was lot 5233 in Sincona sale 35 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 1,600 CHF (about US$1,899 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Chur, Stadt, Dukat 1636. Selten. Schön-sehr schön. (city of Chur, ducat of 1636, Rare, Fine-very fine.)"

Friedberg notes this type for 1634 and 1636-39. Ducats for Chur are few and far between; both the city and the bishop issued some. 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. The city arms feature a leaping ibex.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.38 g.

Catalog reference: D.T. 1511b, HMZ 2-483b, Fr-230.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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]Jürg Richter, Schweizer Münzen und Medaillen vom Mittelalter bis in die Neuzeit, Auktion 35, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.

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