Chur 1646 kreuzer

Sincona sale 47, lot 2794

This specimen was lot 2794 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 250 CHF (about US$300 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND, Grisons, Chur, Bistum, Johann VI. Flugi von Aspermont, 1636-1661. Kreuzer 1646. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich-FDC. (bishopric of Chur, John of Aspermont, 1636-61, kreuzer of 1646. Very rare in this condition, Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"

Chur, among with the rest of Switzerland, left the Empire in 1648 as part of the Treaty of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years War. This type was struck 1643-46 and 1649-52.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 0.80 g.

Catalog reference: D.T. 1492d, HMZ 2-430d, KM 37.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.

Link to:

• Chur (1619) dicken KM-213
• 1634 thaler
• 1649 2 kreuzer, struck by the bishop
• Coins and currency dated 1646
• return to coins of Switzerland, Chur