Schaffhausen 1514 batzen
This specimen was lot 5415 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 2,750 CHF (about US$4,145 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ. Schaffhausen. Batzen 1514, Schaffhausen. Aus dem Torturm springender Widder nach links mit angewinkelten Vorderbeinen. Von grosser Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina. Fast sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Kunzmann, Auktion SINCONA 53, Zürich, Oktober 2018, Los 6687. (Switzerland, Schaffhausen, batzen of 1514, Schaffhausen mint. Obverse: a ram leaping from the gate tower to the left with its front legs bent. Of high rarity, Attractively toned, About Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1514-15 and 1526-33. Most have four digit dates. The batzen was four kreuzer. The city arms depict an ibex leaping, sometimes by itself or out of a castle window (as here).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.2 g, billon, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 2.85 g.
Catalog reference: Wielandt (Schaffhausen) 374, HMZ 2-753b.
- 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.
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