Geneva 1795 6 quarts KM-106
This specimen was lot 5262 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 140 CHF (about US$211 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 1 Sol 6 Deniers (6 Quarts) 1795, Genf. Wertangabe in 2 Zeilen. FDC. (Switzerland, city and canton of Geneva, Geneva mint, value in two lines. Mint State.)"
The six quarts of 1795 come in two types. The other style for 1795, KM 107, has the value written "UN SOL/6 D" One thaler was 96 sols and one sol was four quarts. The Swiss confederation collapsed in 1795-96 under pressure from revolutionary France, to be superseded by the Helvetian Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.93 g, billon, 19 mm diameter, this specimen 1.13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 106, D.T. 1038, HMZ 2-348h.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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