Fribourg (15)95 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 5150 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 350 CHF (about US$528 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Kreuzer 1595, Freiburg. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast vorzüglich. (Switzerland, city and canton of Fribourg, kreuzer of 1595, Fribourg mint. Rare in this condition, About Extremely Fine.)"
This type is known for 1559-62, 1576, 1584, 1587, 1591-98 and 1610-16. The dates after 1600 are catalogued as KM 8.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.25 g, billon, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 1.23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 8 (unlisted date), MCV 39o, HMZ 2-260n.
- 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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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