Geneva 1617 4 deniers
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This specimen was lot 5212 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$181 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 4 Deniers 1617, Genf. Selten. Schön-sehr schön. Leicht korrodiert. (Switzerland, city and canton of Geneva, Rare, Fine-Very Fine, Slightly corroded.)"
This is the only time this denomination was issued. An eight deniers also exists. These low denomination coins were often crudely made on bad planchets. One thaler was 96 sols and one sol was twelve deniers.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.76 g, billon, 16 mm diameter, this specimen 0.59 g.
Catalog reference: KM 21, Dem. 44. D.T. 1684, HMZ 2-332a.
- 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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