Geneva 1550 sol
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This specimen was lot 4214 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$290 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Genf/Genève, Stadt und Kanton, 1 Sol 1550, Genf. Mzz. *. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich-fast FDC. Avers: Stempelbruch. (Switzerland, canton of Geneva, sol of 1550, Geneva mint. Rare in this condition, About Uncirculated, Die break.)"
This type was struck 1536-40, 1550-76, 1580-97, and many dates have mintmaster's initials. The 1550 comes with a star. One thaler was 96 sols.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.64 g, billon, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 1.66 g.
Catalog reference: Demole 193. HMZ zu 2-303j.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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