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[[Image:Sincona89-0704.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 89, lot 704]]
 
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This specimen was lot 704 in Sincona sale 89 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 8,000 CHF (about US$10,571 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, Dukat 1720, Zürich. Sehr selten. NGC MS65. Prachtexemplar. Exemplar der Auktion Hess Divo 279, Zürich, April 1999, Los 258. Das durch NGC höchstbewertete Exemplar.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Zurich|city and canton of Zurich]], ducat of 1720, Zurich mint. Very rare, Cabinet piece, Finest certified by NGC.)"</blockquote> This type was struck without change 1718-67 yet remains scarce.
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This specimen was lot 704 in Sincona sale 89 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 8,000 CHF (about US$10,571 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, Dukat 1720, Zürich. Sehr selten. NGC MS65. Prachtexemplar. Exemplar der Auktion Hess Divo 279, Zürich, April 1999, Los 258. Das durch NGC höchstbewertete Exemplar.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Zurich|city and canton of Zurich]], ducat of 1720, Zurich mint. Very rare, Cabinet piece, Finest certified by NGC.)"</blockquote> This type was struck without change 1718-67 yet remains scarce.
  
 
''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.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jurg, ''SINCONA Auction 89, The Garrulus Collection of Numismatic Rarities and Masterpieces,'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 89, The Garrulus Collection of Numismatic Rarities and Masterpieces,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
  
 
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* [[Zurich 1719 ducat Fr-489|1719 ducat, Zwingli bicentennial]]
 
* [[Zurich 1719 ducat Fr-489|1719 ducat, Zwingli bicentennial]]
 
* [[Zurich 1719 2 ducats Fr-488a|1719 double ducat, Zwingli bicentennial]]
 
* [[Zurich 1719 2 ducats Fr-488a|1719 double ducat, Zwingli bicentennial]]
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* [[Zurich 1720 10 schilling|1720 10 schilling]]
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* [[Zurich 1720 20 schilling|1720 20 schilling]] = ½ gulden
 
* [[Zurich 1720 1/2 thaler|1720 half thaler]]
 
* [[Zurich 1720 1/2 thaler|1720 half thaler]]
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* [[Zurich 1720 1/4 ducat Fr-488a|1720 quarter ducat]]
 
* [[Uri 1720 ducat Fr-406]]
 
* [[Uri 1720 ducat Fr-406]]
 
* [[Zurich 1720 5 ducats Fr-479|1720 5 ducats]]
 
* [[Zurich 1720 5 ducats Fr-479|1720 5 ducats]]

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Sincona sale 89, lot 704

This specimen was lot 704 in Sincona sale 89 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 8,000 CHF (about US$10,571 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, Dukat 1720, Zürich. Sehr selten. NGC MS65. Prachtexemplar. Exemplar der Auktion Hess Divo 279, Zürich, April 1999, Los 258. Das durch NGC höchstbewertete Exemplar. (Switzerland, city and canton of Zurich, ducat of 1720, Zurich mint. Very rare, Cabinet piece, Finest certified by NGC.)"

This type was struck without change 1718-67 yet remains scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.86 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 140, D.T. 406c, HMZ 2-1161l, Fr-486a.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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 89, The Garrulus Collection of Numismatic Rarities and Masterpieces, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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