Basel (1640) ducat Fr-46

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Sincona sale 102, lot 5045

This specimen was lot 5045 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 2,000 CHF (about US$3,015 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Dukat o. J. (um 1640), Basel. Selten. Gutes sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, undated ducat, circa 1640, Basel mint. Rare, Good Very Fine.)"

The presence of the imperial eagle on the reverse dates this to before 1648, when Basel and the rest of Switzerland left the empire by the terms of the Peace of Westphalia.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.35 g.

Catalog reference: KM 86, D.T. 1319, HMZ 2-73a, Fr-46.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • 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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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