Fribourg (16)12 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 4174 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$174 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Kreuzer 1612, Freiburg. Jahreszahl am Ende der Vorderseitenumschrift. Sehr selten. Fast sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Fribourg, kreuzer of 1612, Fribourg mint, date at the end of the obverse legend. Very rare, About Very Fine.)"
This type is known for 1559-62, 1576, 1584, 1587, 1591-98 and 1610-16. This is a scarce date. Ninety kreuzer made a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.25 g, billon, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 0.90 g.
Catalog reference: KM 8, MCV 39t, D.T. 1268c, HMZ 2-269c.
- 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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