Zug 1692 20 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 5077 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,071 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND Zug, 20 Kreuzer 1692, Zug. Selten. Sehr schön. Übliche Prägeschwäche. Rare, Very fine, With the usual weak strike." This rare type is listed in the SCWC as a 1/6 thaler; in the late seventeenth century, this coin would have been one-third gulden or 2/9 of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.75 g, silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 4.75 g.
Catalog reference: KM 40, Wielandt (Zug) 87, D.T. 1245a, HMZ 2-1093a.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Richter, Juerg, 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 83, World and Swiss Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
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