St. Gall 1725 15 kreuzer

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Sincona auction 98, lot 4494

This specimen was lot 4494 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$218 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ St. Gallen, Stadt und Kanton, 15 Kreuzer 1725, St. Gallen. Mzz. Bäumchen. Selten. Schön-sehr schön. Schrötlingsfehler. (Switzerland, St. Gall, fifteen kreuzer of 1725, St. Gall mint. Mintmark: bush. Rare, Fine-Very Fine, Flan flaws.)"

This type was struck 1724-25, 1730-34, 1737-39 and was worth one quarter gulden. The convention thaler was 120 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 4.55 g.

Catalog reference: KM 88, TZN 94a, D.T. 807b, HMZ 2-905b.

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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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