Luzern 1623 schilling
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This specimen was lot 3413 in Sincona sale 70 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 180 CHF (about US$239 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Lucerne | Stadt und Kanton. Schilling 1623, Luzern. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Lucerne, schilling of 1623, Luzern mint. Rare in this condition, About extremely fine.)"
This billon type was struck 1623, 1634, 1638-39, 1647. According to the SCWC, 40 schillinge = one gulden.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1.30 g.
Catalog reference: KM 25, D.T. 1184a, HMZ 2-640w.
- [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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