Fribourg 1529 groschen

Sincona sale 102, lot 5148

This specimen was lot 5148 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 275 CHF (about US$415 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Groschen (Gros) 1529, Freiburg. Selten. Schön-sehr schön. (Switzerland, city and canton of Fribourg, groschen or groat of 1529, Fribourg mint. Rare, Fine-Very Fine.)"

This type is noted for 1526-29 with many more without date. One groschen was three kreuzer or 1/20 thaler early in the sixteenth century. The groschen was superseded by the batzen (four kreuzer) in Switzerland.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2 g, silver, this specimen 1.82 g.

Catalog reference: MCV 18e, HMZ 2-244f.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1527 groschen
• 1530 dicken
• (1530) thaler, double headed eagle
• (1530) thaler, single headed eagle
• (15)31 dicken
• Coins and currency dated 1529