Geneva 1609 quart
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This specimen was lot 4240 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, Quart 1609, Genf. Selten. Sehr schön. Leicht korrodiert. Exemplar der Auktion Numismatica Genevensis SA 18, Genf, November 2022, Los 2209. (Switzerland, canton of Geneva, quart of 1609, Geneva mint. Rare, Very Fine, lightly corroded.)"
This type is listed for 1601, 1606-10, 1615-21. One thaler was 96 sols and one sol was four quarts or twelve deniers. This example seems to be double struck.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 0.65 g, billon, 17 mm diameter, this specimen 0.77 g.
Catalog reference: KM 7 (3 deniers), Demole 36, D.T. 1685d, HMZ 2-333e.
- 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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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