Schaffhausen 1529 batzen
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This specimen was lot 4357 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 1,900 CHF (about US$2,756 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Schaffhausen, Batzen 1529, Schaffhausen. Selten. Sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Schaffhausen, batzen of 1529, Schaffhausen mint. Rare, Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1514-15 and 1526-33. Most have four digit dates. At this time, one thaler made sixty kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 3.2 g, silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 2.95 g.
Catalog reference: Wielandt (Schaffhausen) 408, HMZ 2-753g.
- 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 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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