Geneva 1604 3 sols
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This specimen was lot 4239 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 300 CHF (about US$435 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 3 Sols 1604, Genf. Mzz. . x . auf Avers und auf Revers. Selten. Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, Auktion SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, Los 5402. (Switzerland, canton of Geneva, three sols of 1604, Geneva mint. Rare, About Extremely Fine.)"
This type is listed for 1604 only. One thaler was 96 sols.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1 g, billon, 19 mm diameter, this specimen 0.87 g.
Catalog reference: KM 14, Demole 387, D.T. 1672, HMZ 2-325a.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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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