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[[Image:Sincona91-3476.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3476]]
 
[[Image:Sincona91-3476.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3476]]
  
This specimen was lot 3476 in Sincona sale 91 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Solothurn, 20 Kreuzer 1760, Solothurn. Schräg geriffelter Rand. Sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Solothurn|canton of Solothurn]], twenty kreuzer of 1760, Solothurn mint, obliquely reeded edge. Very fine-extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This one year type is scarce. Twenty kreuzer was one sixth of a convention thaler in Germany but one eighth of a Swiss thaler.
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This specimen was lot 3476 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Solothurn, 20 Kreuzer 1760, Solothurn. Schräg geriffelter Rand. Sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Solothurn|canton of Solothurn]], twenty kreuzer of 1760, Solothurn mint, obliquely reeded edge. Very fine-extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This one year type is scarce. Twenty kreuzer was one sixth of a convention thaler in Germany but one eighth of a Swiss thaler.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
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* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
 
* 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.
 
* 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.
* <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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* [[Solothurn 1760 batzen KM-31|1760 batzen, "S" on reverse]]
 
* [[Solothurn 1760 batzen KM-31|1760 batzen, "S" on reverse]]
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* [[Solothurn 1761 10 batzen|1761 10 batzen]]
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* [[Solothurn 1762 10 kreuzer|1762 10 kreuzer]]
 
* [[Solothurn 1763 20 kreuzer|1763 20 kreuzer]]
 
* [[Solothurn 1763 20 kreuzer|1763 20 kreuzer]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1760]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1760]]
  
 
[[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 3476

This specimen was lot 3476 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Solothurn, 20 Kreuzer 1760, Solothurn. Schräg geriffelter Rand. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, twenty kreuzer of 1760, Solothurn mint, obliquely reeded edge. Very fine-extremely fine.)"

This one year type is scarce. Twenty kreuzer was one sixth of a convention thaler in Germany but one eighth of a Swiss thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon or silver, this specimen 4.33 g.

Catalog reference: KM 34, Simmen 89, D.T. 683, HMZ 2-846a.

Source:

  • 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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