Zurich 1671 1/4 ducat Fr-468

Sincona sale 35, lot 5471

This specimen was lot 5471 in Sincona sale 35 (Zurich, October 2016), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$475 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Zurich | Stadt, Vierteldukat 1671. Selten. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (city of Zurich, quarter ducat of 1671. Rare, Very fine-extremely fine.)"

Quarter ducats were struck occasionally in Zurich in the seventeenth century. Tho not common, they are quite a bit more affordable than ducats or double ducats. This type is listed for 1671, 1677, 1692 and 1702.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.86 g.

Catalog reference: KM 98, D.T. 1062f, HMZ 2-1144j. Fr-468.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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]Jürg Richter, Schweizer Münzen und Medaillen vom Mittelalter bis in die Neuzeit, Auktion 35, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2016.

Link to:

• 1662 quarter ducat
• 1666 half ducat
• 1673 double ducat
• 1692 quarter ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1671
• return to coins of Switzerland, Zurich