Luzern (15)70 groschen
This specimen was lot 5326 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 425 CHF (about US$641 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Luzern. Stadt und Kanton. Groschen 1570, Luzern. Mindere Jahreszahl (15)70 auf Revers. Selten. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, Auktion SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, aus Los 5691. (Switzerland, canton of Luzern, groschen of 1579, Luzern mint, abbreviated date on the reverse. Rare, Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1564, 1568-71 and undated. Varieties exist in the obverse lettering, this example showing "✠ MONETA + LVCERNENSIS" where others have two crosses. The groschen was worth three kreuzer or 1/24 of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.2 g, billon or silver, 22.6 mm diameter, this specimen 2.16 g.
Catalog reference: Wielandt (Luzern) 43 var, HMZ 2-621j.
- 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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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