Geneva (1575) thaler Dav-8732

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Kunker sale 293, lot 2235

This specimen was lot 2235 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,617 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ, GENF Stadt. Taler o. J. RR Feine Patina, sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Geneva, undated thaler. Rare, fine patina, very fine.)"

This issue is not dated but Davenport conjectures that it was minted about 1575.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-8732; HMZ 2-294 a.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
  • 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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