Geneva 1558-G 3 quarts
This specimen was lot 5186 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 180 CHF (about US$271 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 3 Quarts 1558/7, Genf. Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1557 geändert. Mzz. G. Selten. Gutes sehr schön. (Switzerland, city and canton of Geneva, three quarts of 1558, Geneva mint, 1558/7 overdate. Rare, Good Very Fine.)"
This type is listed in Numista for 1539, 1557-61, 1571, 1576-77, 1590-92. The weight specification given below, also taken from Numista, seems a little light. Three quarts was nine deniers or ¾ sol. One thaler was 96 sols.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.02 g, billon, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 1.54 g.
Catalog reference: Demole 138 var, HMZ 2-304d var.
- 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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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