Zug 1691 groschen
This specimen was lot 5595 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 14,000 CHF (about US$21,101 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ. Zug. Stadt und Kanton. Groschen 1691, Zug. Von grosser Seltenheit. Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion SINCONA 20, Zürich, Oktober 2014, Los 3839. Exemplar der Auktion UBS Gold & Numismatics 56, Basel, Januar 2003, Los 730. (Switzerland, city and canton of Zug, groschen of 1691, Zug mint. Of high rarity, About Extremely Fine.)"
This rare type was struck 1691 only. At this time, one thaler was thirty groschen. St. Oswald is depicted on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.5 g, silver, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 1.51 g.
Catalog reference: KM 38 (3 kreuzer), Wielandt (Zug) 92a. D.T. 1252, HMZ 2-1099n.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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