Geneva 1674-AE 6 deniers
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This specimen was lot 5223 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 60 CHF (about US$91 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 6 Deniers 1674, Genf. Mzz. AE (ligiert). Fast sehr schön. (Switzerland, city and canton of Geneva, six deniers of 1674, Geneva mint. About Very Fine.)"
Six deniers was equal to two quarts but we are following what is inscribed on the coin. After 1659, coinage in Geneva virtually ceased for the rest of the seventeenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.85 g, billon, this specimen 1.13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 49, Dem. 79. D.T. 1683, HMZ 2-331aa.
- 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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