Basel 1636 dicken
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This specimen was lot 4024 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 140 CHF (about US$203 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1636, Basel. Gutes sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, dicken of 1636, Basel mint. Good Very Fine.)"
The dicken was 24 kreuzer or 4/15 of a thaler. This type is listed for 1623, 1632-36.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.2 g, silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 8.05 g.
Catalog reference: KM 82, D.T. 1352f, HMZ 2-81g.
- 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 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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