Bluzger City
Features
| Issuer |
City of Chur
(Grisons)  |
|---|---|
| Period |
Free city
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1705-1766 |
| Value | 1 Bluzger (1⁄105) |
| Currency | Thaler (1627-1766) |
| Composition | Billon |
| Weight | 0.53 g |
| Diameter | 18.6 mm |
| Thickness | 0.30 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 50166 |
| References | KM# 263 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Jürg Richter, Ruedi Kunzmann. Der neue HMZ-Katalog. Band 2 - Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins : 15./16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). |
Obverse
Arms with Ibex (left or right) within town gate
Script: Latin
Lettering: ✿ MON · NOUA · CURIAE · RETHICAE
Translation: New Money Chur Raetia
Reverse
Cross to inner circle
Script: Latin
Lettering: · DOMINI · EST · REGNUM · 1766
Translation: The kingdom is the Lord's
Comments
The leaping bock (Capra ibex) on a white field was the heraldic flag of the counts of Raetia. Raetia was a province of the Roman Empire, named after the Raetian people. Chur was once a Roman fortified camp, Curia Raetorum in Latin, and became the capital of Raetia Prima in 15 BC.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
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6% | |||||||||||||
| 1706 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| 1707 | 3% | ||||||||||||||
| 1708 |
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5% | |||||||||||||
| 1709 | 3% | ||||||||||||||
| 1710 | 3% | ||||||||||||||
| 1711 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| 1712 | 3% | ||||||||||||||
| 1713 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| 1714 |
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3% | |||||||||||||
| 1716 | 3% | ||||||||||||||
| 1717 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| 1718 | 1.6% | ||||||||||||||
| 1720 |
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3% | |||||||||||||
| 1721 | 1.6% | ||||||||||||||
| 1722 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| 1723 | 5% | ||||||||||||||
| 1724 | 3% | ||||||||||||||
| 1725 |
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8% | |||||||||||||
| 1726 | 3% | ||||||||||||||
| 1727 | 6% | ||||||||||||||
| 1728 | 10% | ||||||||||||||
| 1731 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| 1739 | 14% | ||||||||||||||
| 1740 | 25% | ||||||||||||||
| 1764 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| 1765 |
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10% | |||||||||||||
| 1766 | 17% | ||||||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
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Katz Auction 106 Lot 2591 
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27 Dec 2023 | 1705 | VF |
USD 8.09
(EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 148 Lot 1111
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11 Jan 2025 | 1714 | XF |
USD 6.94
(EUR 6.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 98 Lot 1185
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14 Oct 2023 | 1720 | XF |
USD 23.12
(EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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