Geneva 1623-RG 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 5461 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €360 (about US$471 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ, GENF, Stadt. 1/2 Taler 1623. R Leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön. (Switzerland, city of Geneva, half thaler of 1623. Scarce, slightly weakly struck, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1621-30, 1633, 1638-41, 1657-59. All the dates are rare in nice condition (VF or better). It was accompanied by a thaler (KM 26), ducat (KM 42) and a double ducat (KM 46).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.06 g.
Catalog reference: KM 27, D./T. 1658 f.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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