Luzern 1614 dicken
This specimen was lot 3411 in Sincona sale 70 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Lucerne | Stadt und Kanton. Dicken 1614, Luzern. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Lucerne, dicken of 1614, Luzern mint. Rare in this condition, Extremely fine.)"
The SCWC notes five different dickens for this canton in the seventeenth century: KM 15 (struck 1610), KM 16 (1610-12), KM 18 (1612-16, shown here), KM 19 (1617-22) and KM 27 (1623, 1647, 1656). None are cheap. A dicken was worth twenty-four kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.8 g, silver, 32 mm diameter, this specimen 8.22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 18, D.T. 1169c, HMZ 2-635g.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 70, Swiss Coins and Medals and Rarities in Gold, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2021.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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