Basel 1621 12 kreuzer

Sincona sale 102, lot 5041

This specimen was lot 5041 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 1,400 CHF (about US$2,110 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Halbdicken 1621, Basel. Selten. Fast sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, half dicken of 1621, Basel mint. Rare, About Very Fine.)"

A dicken was 24 kreuzer (4/15 thaler) so half a dicken was twelve kreuzer. Indeed, this coin is called a zwolfer ("twelver") in the SCWC.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.25 g, silver, this specimen 3.56 g.

Catalog reference: KM 61, D.T. 1354b, HMZ 2-83d.

Source:

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

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