St. Gall 1774-H 10 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3498 in Sincona sale 91 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 1,100 CHF (about US$1,454 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ St. Gallen, Abtei, Beda Angehrn von Hagenwil, 1767-1796. 10 Kreuzer 1774, Münzstätte des Klosters. Laubrand. Gutes vorzüglich. (Switzerland, abbey of St. Gall, Beda Angehrn von Hagenwil, 1767-1796, ten kreuzer of 1774, struck inside the abbey. Good extremely fine.)"
The abbey struck coins until 1783; the city continued coinage after the French occupation until confederation. This type was struck 1774-75 along with a twenty kreuzer. Ten kreuzer was one-twelve of a convention thaler in Germany but one-sixteenth of a Swiss thaler. The canton of St. Gall issued almost no coinage between 1739 and 1786.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 3.83 g.
Catalog reference: KM 23, D.T. 843b, HMZ 2-868b.
- 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), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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