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Revision as of 13:05, 11 June 2025
This specimen was lot 3234 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$145 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, Quart 1595 G, Genf. Kleine Schrötlingsfehler. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Überdurchschnittlich gut ausgeprägt. (Switzerland, canton of Geneva, quart of 1595, Geneva mint. Minor planchet flaw, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, Extraordinarily well struck.)"
This type was struck 1535, 1551-57, 1560-62, 1589-98 and undated. These low denomination coins were often crudely made on bad planchets.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 0.83 g, billon, 17 mm diameter, this specimen 0.59 g.
Catalog reference: Demole 29, HMZ 2-306w.
- 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 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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