St. Gall 1783 20 kreuzer

Sincona sale 91, lot 3514

This specimen was lot 3514 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$595 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ St. Gallen, Beda Angehrn von Hagenwil, 1767-1796. 20 Kreuzer 1783, Münzstätte des Klosters. Ohne Münzzeichen. Laubrand. Gutes sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of St. Gall, Beda Angehrn von Hagenwil, 1767-1796, twenty kreuzer of 1783, struck inside the abbey, without mintmark. Good very fine.)"

The abbey struck coins until 1783; the city continued coinage after the French occupation until confederation. This type was struck 1780 and 1782 and is somewhat scarce. The canton of St. Gall issued almost no coinage between 1739 and 1786.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 6.52 g.

Catalog reference: KM 32, D.T. 847c, HMZ 2-871f.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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