Fribourg 1796 56 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 4202 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$218 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Gulden zu 56 Kreuzern 1796, Freiburg. Schräg gerippter Rand. Sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Fribourg, gulden of 56 kreuzer of 1796, Fribourg mint, with diagonally reeded edge. Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1796-97 only. Whereas in most of the Swiss cantons 160 kreuzer made a thaler, in Fribourg, 56 kreuzer made a gulden. The gulden was half a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 10.83 g, silver, 33 mm diameter, this specimen 11.28 g.
Catalog reference: KM 62, MCV 68, D.T. 647a, HMZ 2-271a.
- 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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