View source for Luzern 1725-B 1/8 gulden KM-57

[[Image:Luzern S64-3408.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 64, lot 3408]]

This specimen was lot 3408 in Sincona sale 64 (Zurich, June 2020), where it sold for 350 CHF (about US$439 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Lucerne | Stadt und Kanton. Achtelgulden (5 Schilling) 1725, Luzern. Kleines Mzz. B auf dem Revers. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast FDC.'' (city and canton of [[Switzerland, Lucern|Luzern]], eighth gulden or five schilling of 1725, Luzern mint. Small mintmark "B" on the reverse. Rare in this condition, About uncirculated.)"</blockquote> Another issue of this denomination in 1725 lacks the beaded circle around the monogram (KM 56). That type is considerably rarer.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' billon, this specimen: 1.34 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 57 (monogram in circle). D.T. 562, HMZ 2-660b. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Sincona sale 64: Swiss Coins and Medals,'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2020.
* 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.

''Link to:''
* [[Luzern 1715 1/4 thaler|1715 quarter thaler]]
* [[Luzern 1725 1/8 gulden KM-56|1725 ⅛ gulden (5 schillinge), plain reverse]]
* [[Luzern 1725-B 1/4 gulden|1725 quarter gulden]]
* [[Luzern 1741 ducat Fr-323|1741 ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1725]]

[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 63, 64]][[Category: Coinage of the Swiss cantons]]