Solothurn 1760 20 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 3476 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Solothurn, 20 Kreuzer 1760, Solothurn. Schräg geriffelter Rand. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, twenty kreuzer of 1760, Solothurn mint, obliquely reeded edge. Very fine-extremely fine.)"
This one year type is scarce. Twenty kreuzer was one sixth of a convention thaler in Germany but one eighth of a Swiss thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon or silver, this specimen 4.33 g.
Catalog reference: KM 34, Simmen 89, D.T. 683, HMZ 2-846a.
- 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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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