Geneva 1625-GR 1/8 thaler
This specimen was lot 5217 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$302 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 1/8 Taler 1625, Genf. Mzz. G - R. Kleine Kratzer. Fast sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, Auktion SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, Los 5415. (Switzerland, city and canton of Geneva, one eighth thaler of 1625, Geneva mint. Small scratches, About Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1624-26 and is rather scarce. It is listed in the SCWC and on Numista as a ten sols.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.2 g, silver, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 3.20 g.
Catalog reference: KM 30 (10 sols), D.T. 1666c, HMZ 2-319c.
- 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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