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[[Image:Sincona91-3190.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3190]]
 
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This specimen was lot 3190 in Sincona sale 91 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 29,000 CHF (about US$38,321 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Pistole 1635, Freiburg. Altes Freiburger Wappen zwischen F - B. Rv. Krückenkreuz in doppeltem Vierpass mit Blattverzierungen, in den Zwickeln je ein Ringel. In der Umschrift die Jahreszahl. Sehr selten. Sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Fribourg|canton of Fribourg]], pistole of 1635, Fribourg mint. Obverse: old Fribourg arms between "F - B"; reverse: crutch cross in double quadrilobe with leaf decorations, a ringlet in each of the spandrels, the date in the legend. Very rare, Very fine-extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The SCWC calls this a duplone while Friedberg labels it "1 Duplone or 1 Pistole". It is very rare but all the gold coins of this canton are rare to extremely rare. It is the last gold coin from Fribourg.
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This specimen was lot 3190 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 29,000 CHF (about US$38,321 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Pistole 1635, Freiburg. Altes Freiburger Wappen zwischen F - B. Rv. Krückenkreuz in doppeltem Vierpass mit Blattverzierungen, in den Zwickeln je ein Ringel. In der Umschrift die Jahreszahl. Sehr selten. Sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Fribourg|canton of Fribourg]], pistole of 1635, Fribourg mint. Obverse: old Fribourg arms between "F - B"; reverse: crutch cross in double quadrilobe with leaf decorations, a ringlet in each of the spandrels, the date in the legend. Very rare, Very fine-extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The SCWC calls this a duplone while Friedberg labels it "1 Duplone or 1 Pistole". It is very rare but all the gold coins of this canton are rare to extremely rare. It is the last gold coin from Fribourg.
  
 
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* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
 
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
 
* 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.
 
* 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.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
  
 
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* [[Fribourg 1635 12 kreuzer|1635 12 kreuzer (half dicken)]]
 
* [[Fribourg 1635 12 kreuzer|1635 12 kreuzer (half dicken)]]
 
* [[Uri (1635) pistole Fr-398]]
 
* [[Uri (1635) pistole Fr-398]]
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* [[Fribourg 1709 10 kreuzer|1709 10 kreuzer]]
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* [[Fribourg (16)48 batzen|(16)48 batzen]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1635]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1635]]
  
 
[[Category: Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category: Selections from Sincona sale 88, 89, 90, 91]]
 
[[Category: Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category: Selections from Sincona sale 88, 89, 90, 91]]

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Sincona sale 91, lot 3190

This specimen was lot 3190 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 29,000 CHF (about US$38,321 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Pistole 1635, Freiburg. Altes Freiburger Wappen zwischen F - B. Rv. Krückenkreuz in doppeltem Vierpass mit Blattverzierungen, in den Zwickeln je ein Ringel. In der Umschrift die Jahreszahl. Sehr selten. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Fribourg, pistole of 1635, Fribourg mint. Obverse: old Fribourg arms between "F - B"; reverse: crutch cross in double quadrilobe with leaf decorations, a ringlet in each of the spandrels, the date in the legend. Very rare, Very fine-extremely fine.)"

The SCWC calls this a duplone while Friedberg labels it "1 Duplone or 1 Pistole". It is very rare but all the gold coins of this canton are rare to extremely rare. It is the last gold coin from Fribourg.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.64 g, gold, this specimen 6.73 g.

Catalog reference: KM 18.2, MCV 42, D.T. 1257c, HMZ 2-263c. Fr-246.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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