Geneva 1844 25 centimes

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 23317

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 23317 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $90. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. Geneva. 25 Centimes, 1844. PCGS MS-64+ Secure Holder. Sharply struck with light attractive toning and strong underlying luster." Geneva, one of the cantons of Switzerland, struck coins sporadically throughout the eighteenth century (see Dav-1769). The coinage was interrupted by Napoleonic occupation but resumed in 1817. In 1839, the coinage was decimalized to 100 centimes = one franc and one, two, four, ten and twenty-five centimes were issued, all in billon. None are rare today. In 1848, Geneva was incorporated into the reformed Swiss Confederation and coinage for the individual cantons ceased. This type was accompanied by a billon ten centimes and a one centime.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: KM-129 (billon), KM 129a (silver).

Source:

• Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zürich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• 1839 10 centimes
• 1839 25 centimes, struck in silver
• 1840 5 centimes
• Geneva 1847-AB 5 centimes
• 1847 25 centimes, pattern in billon
• Geneva 1848 10 francs Dav-374
• Coins and currency dated 1844
• return to coins of Switzerland, Geneva