Metz 1599 testone

Sincona sale 47, lot 1760

Metz in 1648

This specimen was lot 1760 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$180 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Metz, Bistum, Teston 1599. Selten. Fast sehr schön. (bishopric of Metz, teston of 1599. Rare, About very fine.)"

This type is catalogued in the SCWC as a quarter thaler but the weight suggests a one-third thaler instead. Only the 1628 is shown therein but other dates obviously exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 9.14 g, silver, this specimen 9.22 g.

Catalog reference: Wendling II/F/l/3. Flon 742,5, KM-15.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.

Link to:

• Metz 1590 3 deniers
• Metz 1605 testone
• Coins and currency dated 1599
• return to coins of French royal coinage (to 1793)