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Latest revision as of 22:36, 4 January 2026
This specimen was lot 1267 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €260 (about US$360 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SUISSE, GENEVE, Ville, Cu 12 sols (florin), 1590. Monnaie de nécessité. D/ Écu dans un soleil. R/ Légende de six lignes. (Switzerland, city of Geneva, copper twelve sols or florin of 1590, necessity coinage. Obverse: arms over a sunburst; reverse: six line inscription. Extremely Fine.)"
The early coinage of Geneva is rare. One thaler was 96 sols and one sol was four quarts.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 8,16 g.
Catalog reference: Demole 386; HMZ 292.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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