Luzern 1656 dicken
This specimen was lot 4310 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 275 CHF (about US$381 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Luzern, Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1656, Luzern. Selten. Sehr schön. Fassungsspuren. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, Auktion SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, Los 5716. (Switzerland, canton of Luzern, dicken of 1656, Luzern mint. Rare, Very Fine, Traces of mounting.)"
This type was struck 1623, 1647 and 1656 in many varieties. At this time, one thaler made four dicken or 90 kreuzer. St. Leodegar, depicted on the reverse, made an enemy of Ebroin, mayor of the palace of Neustria, and was blinded on his orders in AD 679.
Record mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.5 g, silver, 32 mm diameter, this specimen 8.14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 27, Wielandt (Luzern) 79 var, D.T. 1171c, HMZ 2-635r.
- 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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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