Geneva 1612-C 3 quarts
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This specimen was lot 5211 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 3 Quarts 1612, Genf. Mzz. C. Sehr selten. Fast sehr schön. Randausbruch. (Switzerland, city and canton of Geneva, Very rare, About Very Fine, Edge chipped.)"
This type was struck 1612-13, 1616-19, 1634-37; the 1612 is a rare date. 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 0.87 g.
Catalog reference: Dem. 157, KM 8 (9 deniers), D.T. 1679b, HMZ 2-329b.
- 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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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