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[[Image:Sincona91-3233.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3233]] | [[Image:Sincona91-3233.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3233]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3233 in Sincona sale 91 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3233 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 1 Sol 1561, Genf. Mzz. P. Sehr schön.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Geneva|canton of Geneva]], one sol of 1561, Geneva mint, mintmark "P". Very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1536-40, 1550-76, 1580-97, and many dates have mintmaster's initials. Numista does not mention the mintmark clearly visible here. One thaler was 96 sols. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 10 June 2025
This specimen was lot 3233 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 1 Sol 1561, Genf. Mzz. P. Sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Geneva, one sol of 1561, Geneva mint, mintmark "P". Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1536-40, 1550-76, 1580-97, and many dates have mintmaster's initials. Numista does not mention the mintmark clearly visible here. One thaler was 96 sols.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1.60 g.
Catalog reference: Demole 210, HMZ zu 2-303aa.
- 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), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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