Basel 1571 1/2 guldenthaler

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Sincona sale 47, lot 2531

This specimen was lot 2531 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 750 CHF (about US$900 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND, Basel, Stadt und Kanton Basel, Halbtaler 1571. Auf Lucius Munatius Plancus. Selten. Gutes sehr schön. (city and canton of Basel, half thaler of 1571, by Lucius Munatius Plancus. Rare, Good very fine.)"

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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver; this specimen 12.04 g.

Catalog reference: Winterstein 17c. Schweizer Medaillen 1087, HMZ 2-62h.

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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