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This specimen was lot 2706 in Sincona sale 47 (Zurich, May 2018), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$120 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND, Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Halbgulden zu 28 Kreuzern 1793. Gutes sehr schön.'' (city and canton of Fribourg, half gulden of 28 kreuzer of 1793. Good very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1793, 1798 only. Whereas in most of the Swiss cantons 160 kreuzer made a thaler, in Fribourg 56 kreuzer made a gulden.
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This specimen was lot 2706 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$120 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND, Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Halbgulden zu 28 Kreuzern 1793. Gutes sehr schön.'' (city and canton of Fribourg, half gulden of 28 kreuzer of 1793. Good very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1793, 1798 only. Whereas in most of the Swiss cantons 160 kreuzer made a thaler, in Fribourg 56 kreuzer made a gulden.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 13:10, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 47, lot 2706

This specimen was lot 2706 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$120 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND, Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Halbgulden zu 28 Kreuzern 1793. Gutes sehr schön. (city and canton of Fribourg, half gulden of 28 kreuzer of 1793. Good very fine.)"

This type was struck 1793, 1798 only. Whereas in most of the Swiss cantons 160 kreuzer made a thaler, in Fribourg 56 kreuzer made a gulden.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 5.38 g.

Catalog reference: D.T. 648a, HMZ 2-272a, KM 61.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2018.

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