Geneva 1621 quart
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This specimen was lot 4237 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$901 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, Quart 1621, Genf. Ohne Mzz. Seltene Erhaltung. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion NGSA 18, Genf, November 2022, Los 2210. (Switzerland, canton of Geneva, quart of 1621, Geneva mint, without mintmark. Rare condition, Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1601, 1606-10, 1615-21. Numista does not note any mintmarks. One thaler was 96 sols and one sol was four quarts.
Record mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.65 g, billon, 17 mm diameter, this specimen 0.69 g.
Catalog reference: KM 7, Demole 42, D.T. 1685j, HMZ 2-333l.
- 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 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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