Schaffhausen (15)53 1/2 kreuzer

Sincona sale 91, lot 3414

This specimen was lot 3414 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$537 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Schaffhausen, Vierer 1553, Schaffhausen. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Gutes sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, Los 5837. (Switzerland, canton of Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen mint. Rare in this condition, Good very fine.)"

A vierer was half a kreuzer. The city arms depict an ibex leaping, sometimes by itself or out of a castle window (as here).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 0.53 g.

Catalog reference: HMZ 2-757g.

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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

Link to:

• 1550 half thaler
• (15)51 3 kreuzer (groschen)
• 1551 thaler
• 1553 etschkreuzer
• 1557 thaler
• (15)60 half kreuzer (vierer)
• Coins and currency dated 1553