Schaffhausen 1532 batzen

Sincona sale 98, lot 4358

This specimen was lot 4358 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$580 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Schaffhausen, Batzen 1532, Schaffhausen. Selten. Sehr schön. Kleines Zainende. (Switzerland, canton of Schaffhausen, batzen of 1532, Schaffhausen mint. Rare, Very Fine, Minor edge clip.)"

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 2.81 g.

Catalog reference: Wielandt (Schaffhausen) 424 var, HMZ 2-753k.

Sources:

• 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.

Link to:

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• Bern 1532 batzen, Antiqua lettering
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• (15)50 3 kreuzer (groschen)
• 1550 half thaler
• 1550 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1532