Luzern 1623 dicken

Sincona sale 81, lot 6119

This specimen was lot 6119 in Sincona sale 81 (Zürich, October 2022), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$144 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND | Lucerne | Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1623, Luzern. Good very fine." This type was struck 1623, 1647 and 1656 and was the last dicken struck by this canton in the seventeenth century. Coinage of this canton is generally scanty.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.8 g, silver, 31 mm diameter, this specimen 8.75 g.

Catalog reference: KM 27, D.T. 1171, HMZ 2-635p.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Richter, Juerg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 81, the Max Walty-Hussy Collection: Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

Link to:

• 1622 dicken
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• 1623 schilling
• 1623 half dicken (12 kreuzer)
• Basel 1623 dicken
• Bern (1623) dicken
• Zug 1623 dicken
• 1638 batzen
• 1656 dicken
• Coins and currency dated 1623