Geneva 1597-G 2 quarts

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Sincona sale 102, lot 5209

This specimen was lot 5209 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 60 CHF (about US$91 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 2 Quarts (1/2 Sol oder 6 Deniers) 1597, Genf. Rückseitenvariante mit 8 Flammenverzierungen im Feld. Mzz. G. Sehr schön. Es existiert noch eine Variante mit 12 Flammenverzierungen im Feld und Mzz. G (Demole 48). (Switzerland, city and canton of Geneva, two quarts or half sol or six deniers of 11597, Geneva mint. Reverse variety with eight flames in the field and mintmark G. Very Fine.)"

This type was struck 1554-57 and 1597-99. These low denomination coins were often crudely made on bad planchets. One thaler was 96 sols and one sol was four quarts.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.92 g, billon, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 0.92 g.

Catalog reference: Demole 49, HMZ 2-305e.

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.

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