St. Gall 1721 3 kreuzer KM-87
This specimen was lot 4491 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 90 CHF (about US$131 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ St. Gallen, Stadt und Kanton, Groschen 1721, St. Gallen. Zwittermünze mit beidseitiger Umschrift SOLI DEO GLORIA. Sehr selten. Fast schön. Exemplar der Slg. Kunzmann, Auktion SINCONA 44, Zürich, Oktober 2017, Los 5814. (Switzerland, St. Gall, groschen of 1721, St. Gall mint. Muled coin with the inscription 'SOLI DEO GLORIA' on both sides. Very rare, About Fine.)"
This is catalogued in the SCWC as a three kreuzer. The normal issue (KM 85) has the obverse legend "MONETA · NOVA · S · GALLENSIS ·"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.36 g, billon, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 1.22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 87, TZN 123a. D.T. 822, HMZ 2-908f.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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