Basel (15)81 30 kreuzer

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Sincona sale 47, lot 2532

This specimen was lot 2532 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 1,700 CHF (about US$2,040 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND, Basel, Stadt und Kanton Basel, Halber Guldentaler 1581. Sehr selten. Gutes sehr schön. Henkelspur. (city and canton of Basel, half guldenthaler of 1581. Very rare, Good very fine, Mount mark.)"

The half guldenthaler was thirty kreuzer which, in the early part of the sixteenth century, was equal to half a thaler. In the later part of the sixteenth century, the thaler rose to 72 kreuzer, making the guldenthaler 5/6 of a thaler. Later, in the seventeenth century, the thaler rose to ninety kreuzer, making the gulden (the "thaler" part of the name was dropped) two-thirds of a thaler. This type was struck 1566, 1571-76, 1581 and 1584.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.83 g, silver; this specimen 11.84 g.

Catalog reference: Winterstein 427, HMZ 2-62p.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Winterstein, Christian, Die Taler Von Basel, Basel: Schweizerischer Bankverein Basel, 1983.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.

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