Fribourg 1787 1/2 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4198 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 80 CHF (about US$116 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Vierer 1787, Freiburg. Fast FDC. Tobler erwähnt zu dieser Nummer, dass kaum merkliche Stempelvarianten vorkommen, was hier zutrifft. (Switzerland, canton of Fribourg, vierer of 1787, Fribourg mint. About Mint State. Tobler mentions of this issue that there are hardly any noticeable die varieties, which is true here.)"
The vierer was half a kreuzer. This type was struck 1769-70, 1774, 1787 and 1790. This date is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 0.50 g, billon, 15 mm diameter, this specimen 0.52 g.
Catalog reference: KM 52, MCV 67n, D.T. 665d, Tobler (Vierer) S. 82, HMZ 2-280u.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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