Juerg Richter

Jürg Ralf Hugo Richter (born October 1, 1963 in Zurich ) is a Swiss numismatist .

Jürg Richter initially worked at Credit Suisse from 1985 and later at UBS , where he headed the Gold & Numismatics department until it was dissolved in 2011 . Since then he has been an auctioneer at Sincona AG , which took over the numismatic business of UBS.

Richter is married and has two children.

Awards

• 2016 Otto Paul Wenger Prize (Association of Swiss Professional Numismatists)

Fonts

• Incorrect mintings and forgeries of Swiss coins from 1850 onwards . With price information. HMZ, Zurich 1988.
• with Ruedi Kunzmann: The banknotes of Switzerland. Gietl, Regenstauf 2003, ISBN 3-924861-82-X .
• Switzerland's rifle thalers and medals. and Die Schützenjetons der Schweiz. 2 volumes. Gietl, Regenstauf 2005, ISBN 3-924861-95-1 .
• with Ruedi Kunzmann: The new HMZ catalog. Gietl, Regenstauf 2006;
  • Volume 1: The coins of Switzerland. Ancient to Middle Ages. 2006, ISBN 3-86646-508-4 ;
  • Volume 2: The coins of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. 15./16. Century to the present. 2006, ISBN 3-86646-504-1 .
• The samples and material variants of Swiss coins. Gietl, Regenstauf 2016;
  • Volume 1: The samples and material variants of the canton coins. 2016, ISBN 978-3-86646-573-2 ;
  • Volume 2: The samples and material variants of the coins of the Swiss Confederation. 2016, ISBN 978-3-86646-574-9 .

Web links

• Short portrait at the Sincona auction house (with photo) ( Memento from April 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• UBS is parting with its numismatics business , interview with Jürg Richter, Coins Week on April 11, 2011