Basel (1770)-H 1/4 ducat Fr-49b
This specimen was lot 4044 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 3,750 CHF (about US$5,440 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Vierteldukat o. J. (um 1770), Basel. Zurückblickender Basilisk nach links mit ovalem Wappen. Unten das Münzzeichen H (Handmann). Rv. Wertangabe und Stadtname in drei Zeilen. Selten. Vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, undated quarter ducat, circa 1770, Basel mint. Obverse: A basilisk facing left with an oval coat of arms, mint mark H (Handmann) below. The reverse shows the value and the city name in three lines. Rare, Extremely Fine.)"
A similar quarter ducat with a hexalobe reverse was struck around 1750 (KM 156). A half ducat (KM 176) also exists.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.87 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.83 g.
Catalog reference: KM 171, D.T. 728, HMZ 2-97b. Fr-49b.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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