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Revision as of 09:41, 23 June 2024
This specimen was lot 72810 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. Geneva. Silver Sol, 1785-G. NGC MS-65. An immensely pleasing Gem, this attractively toned piece is the finest graded specimen in the NGC census." This type was struck by the city of Geneva 1785-88. Twelve sols = florin, 12 florins, 9 sols = thaler = 153 sols.
Recorded mintage: unknown but not rare.
Specification: billon.
Catalog reference: KM-87a; HMZ-2-349.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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