Luzern 1616 dicken

Heritage sale 3073, lot 33748

This specimen was lot 33748 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Lucerne. Canton Dicken 1616 AU53 NGC. A striking crack runs down from the edge at 12 o'clock, but the remainder of the planchet is well-produced and lustrous. From the Engelen Collection of World Coinage." 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), KM 19 (1617-22) and KM 27 (1623, 1647, 1656). None are cheap. We don't have the weight of this specimen but we believe it to be one quarter thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.8 g, silver, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 18.

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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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