Schaffhausen (15)50 kreuzer

Sincona sale 102, lot 5421

This specimen was lot 5421 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 425 CHF (about US$641 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ. Schaffhausen. Kreuzer 1550, Schaffhausen. Etschkreuzer. Avers: Kleine Kratzer. Fast vorzüglich. (Switzerland, Schaffhausen, cross kreuzer of 1550, Schaffhausen mint. Small obverse scratches, About Extremely Fine.)"

This type is noted for 1550, 1553, 1555 and 1560. Note the two digit date. One thaler was 72 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.73 g, billon, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 0.84 g.

Catalog reference: Wielandt (Schaffhausen) 128, HMZ 2-756b.

Source:

• 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

Link to:

• 1532 batzen
• (15)50 3 kreuzer (groschen)
• 1550 half thaler
• 1550 thaler
• (15)51 3 kreuzer (groschen)
• 1551 thaler
• 1553 etschkreuzer
• Coins and currency dated 1550