Solothurn 1564 1/2 kreuzer

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Sincona sale 102, lot 5457

This specimen was lot 5457 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 700 CHF (about US$1,055 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ. Solothurn. Stadt und Kanton. Vierer 1564, Solothurn. Selten. Sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, vierer or half kreuzer of 1564, Solothurn mint. Rare, Very Fine.)"

This type was struck 1549-57 and 1564-66. One thaler was sixty kreuzer in the early sixteenth century, later to rise to 72 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.6 g, billon, 17 mm diameter, this specimen 0.61 g.

Catalog reference: Simmen-HMZ (SMK VII) 28g, HMZ 2-829g.

Source:

  • 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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