Chur 1689 2/3 thaler

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Ponterio sale 169, lot 10746
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 10746 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $317. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. Chur. 2/3 Taler, 1689. NGC EF-45." The thalers of the canton of Chur are rare and expensive. This two-thirds thaler or gulden was issued 1689-90.

Recorded mintage: unknown but not expensive.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-126.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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