Basel 1621 dicken
This specimen was lot 1152 in Sincona Auction 100 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 7,500 CHF (about US$11,304 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1621, Basel. Klippe im ca. eineinhalbfachen Gewicht. + MONETA ¨ NOVA ¨ BASILIENSIS ¨ Baslerwappen in einem lilienverzierten Vierpass. Rv. ¨ DOMINE ¨ CONSERVA ¨ NOS ¨ IN ¨ PACE Nimbierter Doppeladler. Basler Dicken des Jahrgangs 1621 existieren nur in Klippenform; runde Exemplare sind nicht bekannt. Von grosser Seltenheit. Gutes sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, klippe dicken of 1621, Bern mint, about 50% heavier than standard. Obverse: Basel arms in a quadrilobe decorated with lilies; reverse: nimbate double headed eagle. Basel dickens of the year 1621 exist only in klippe format; round examples are not known. Of high rarity, Good Very Fine.)"
The round dicken (KM 82) is known for 1623 and 1632-36. One dicken was 24 kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 9.97 g.
Catalog reference: KM 64 (klippe), D.T. 1351. Winterstein (Klippen) 86b. HMZ 2-81a Anm.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 100: SINCONA Jubilee Auction, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
Link to:
- 1621 half dicken
- Bern 1621 dicken, eagle on reverse
- 1621 thaler, lily inside rope circle
- 1621 thaler, lily inside arched border
- 1621 thaler, city arms supported by basilisks
- 1621 double thaler
- 1621 goldgulden
- 1622 thaler, city arms supported by basilisks
- 1622 thaler, city arms in quadrilobe
- 1622 goldgulden
- 1623 dicken
- Coins and currency dated 1621