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This specimen was lot 4216 in Sincona sale 95 (Zurich, October 2024), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$208 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 3 Sols 1566, Genf. Mzz. G. Gutes sehr schön.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Geneva|canton of Geneva]], three sols of 1566, Geneva mint, mintmark G. Good Very Fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck nearly continuously 1554-94. Numista does not mention the mintmark clearly visible here. One thaler was 96 sols.  
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This specimen was lot 4216 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$208 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 3 Sols 1566, Genf. Mzz. G. Gutes sehr schön.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Geneva|canton of Geneva]], three sols of 1566, Geneva mint, mintmark G. Good Very Fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck nearly continuously 1554-94. Numista does not mention the mintmark clearly visible here. One thaler was 96 sols.  
  
 
''Record mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Record mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 12:15, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 95, lot 4216

This specimen was lot 4216 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$208 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 3 Sols 1566, Genf. Mzz. G. Gutes sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Geneva, three sols of 1566, Geneva mint, mintmark G. Good Very Fine.)"

This type was struck nearly continuously 1554-94. Numista does not mention the mintmark clearly visible here. One thaler was 96 sols.

Record mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.0 g, billon, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 3.50 g.

Catalog reference: Demole 285, HMZ 2-301l.

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.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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