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[[Image:Sincona97-3234.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 97, lot 3234]] | [[Image:Sincona97-3234.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 97, lot 3234]] | ||
| − | 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<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, Quart 1595 G, Genf. Kleine Schrötlingsfehler. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Überdurchschnittlich gut ausgeprägt.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Geneva|canton of Geneva]], quart of 1595, Geneva mint. Minor planchet flaw, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, Extraordinarily well struck.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1535, 1551-57, 1560-62, 1589-98 and undated. These low denomination coins were often crudely made on bad planchets. | + | 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<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, Quart 1595 G, Genf. Kleine Schrötlingsfehler. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Überdurchschnittlich gut ausgeprägt.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Geneva|canton of Geneva]], quart of 1595, Geneva mint. Minor planchet flaw, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, Extraordinarily well struck.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1535, 1551-57, 1560-62, 1589-98 and undated. These low denomination coins were often crudely made on bad planchets. One thaler was 96 sols and one sol was four quarts. |
''Recorded mintage'': unknown. | ''Recorded mintage'': unknown. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': | ''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': | ||
* 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, | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction'', Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025. |
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* [[Geneva 1595-G 3 quarts|1595-G 3 quarts]] | * [[Geneva 1595-G 3 quarts|1595-G 3 quarts]] | ||
* [[Geneva 1595-GI thaler Dav-8734|1595-G<sup>I</sup> thaler]] | * [[Geneva 1595-GI thaler Dav-8734|1595-G<sup>I</sup> thaler]] | ||
| − | * [[Geneva | + | * [[Geneva 1596-G quart|1596-G quart]] |
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1595]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1595]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 96, 97, 98]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]] | [[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 96, 97, 98]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:40, 28 May 2026
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. One thaler was 96 sols and one sol was four quarts.
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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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