St. Gall 1773-H ducat Fr-364

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Sincona sale 91, lot 3492

This specimen was lot 3492 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 5,000 CHF (about US$6,607 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ St. Gallen, Abtei, Beda Angehrn von Hagenwil, 1767-1796. Dukat 1773, Münzstätte des Klosters. Vierfeldiges, ovales Stifts- und Familienwappen. Über dem Wappen Mitra mit zwei Krummstäben. Rv. Der sitzende Heilige Gallus nach links mit einem Brot in der Hand. Vor ihm aufrechtstehender Bär mit einem Holzstück. Unten das Münzzeichen H, vermutlich für den Stempelschneider Haag. Geriffelter Rand. Sehr selten. Fast vorzüglich. Kratzer auf Avers. Die Rückseite scheint mit einem stark rostigen Stempel geprägt worden zu sein. (Switzerland, abbey of St. Gall, Beda Angehrn von Hagenwil, 1767-1796, ducat of 1773, struck inside the cloister. Obverse: quartered oval arms of the abbey and the bishop, above, a mitre with two crosiers: reverse: Saint Gall seated to the left with a loaf of bread in his hand, in front of him a bear standing upright with a club; below, the mint mark H, probably for the engraver Haag. Fluted edge. Very rare. About extremely fine. Scratches on the obverse. The reverse appears to have been struck with a very rusty die.)"

The abbey struck coins until 1783; the city continued coinage after the French occupation until confederation. This one year type is rare. The monks also issued a kreuzer (KM 7), six kreuzer (KM 16), 12 kreuzer (KM 17 and KM 19) and a half ducat (KM 20) in 1773. The canton of St. Gall issued almost no coinage between 1739 and 1786.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.50 g.

Catalog reference: KM 21, D.T. 837, HMZ 2-865a, Fr-364.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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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