Fribourg (15)59 kreuzer

Sincona sale 98, lot 4167

This specimen was lot 4167 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 140 CHF (about US$203 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Kreuzer 1559, Freiburg. Selten. Fast sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Fribourg, kreuzer of 1559, Fribourg mint. Rare, About Very Fine.)"

This type is known for 1559-62, 1576, 1584, 1587, 1591-98 and 1610-16. This is the first known date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 1.25 g, billon, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 1.41 g.

Catalog reference: KM 8, MCV 39b, HMZ 2-260c.

Sources:

• 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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