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[[Image:Sincona91-3214.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3214]] | [[Image:Sincona91-3214.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3214]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3214 in Sincona sale 91 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3214 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 2,800 CHF (about US$3,700 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, Quart o. J. (um 1539), Genf. Geschweiftes Wappen. GEV[ENA] | CIVITAS. Rv. Blumenkreuz. . POST . TEN[EBR]AS . LVCEM . G. Von grösster Seltenheit. Sehr schön. Leichte Prägeschwäche.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Fribourg|canton of Geneva]], undated quart, circa 1539, Geneva mint. Obverse: ornate arms; reverse: floriate cross. Of the highest rarity, Very fine, Slightly weakly struck.)"</blockquote> |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 12:16, 10 June 2025
This specimen was lot 3214 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 2,800 CHF (about US$3,700 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, Quart o. J. (um 1539), Genf. Geschweiftes Wappen. GEV[ENA] | CIVITAS. Rv. Blumenkreuz. . POST . TEN[EBR]AS . LVCEM . G. Von grösster Seltenheit. Sehr schön. Leichte Prägeschwäche. (Switzerland, canton of Geneva, undated quart, circa 1539, Geneva mint. Obverse: ornate arms; reverse: floriate cross. Of the highest rarity, Very fine, Slightly weakly struck.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 0.73 g.
Catalog reference: Demole 7, HMZ 2-306a.
- 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), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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