Solothurn 1763 20 kreuzer

Sincona sale 91, lot 3478

This specimen was lot 3478 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 1,700 CHF (about US$2,246 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Solothurn, 20 Kreuzer 1763, Solothurn. Schräg geriffelter Rand. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast FDC. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, Very rare in this condition, twenty kreuzer of 1763, Solothurn mint, obliquely reeded edge. About uncirculated.)"

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 4.39 g.

Catalog reference: KM 39, Simmen 90, D.T. 684, HMZ 2-846b.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1760 batzen, "S" on reverse
• 1760 20 kreuzer
• 1761 10 batzen
• 1762 10 kreuzer
• 1766 10 batzen
• 1785 20 kreuzer
• Coins and currency dated 1763