Schaffhausen 1553 kreuzer

Sincona sale 102, lot 5423

This specimen was lot 5423 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ. Schaffhausen. Kreuzer 1553, Schaffhausen. Etschkreuzer. Sehr selten. Knickspur. Fast sehr schön. (Switzerland, Schaffhausen, cross kreuzer of 1553, Schaffhausen mint. Very rare, Bent, About Very Fine.)"

This type is noted for 1550, 1553, 1555 and 1560. One thaler was 72 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.73 g, billon, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 0.77 g.

Catalog reference: Wielandt (Schaffhausen) 140, HMZ 2-756c.

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:

• (15)50 etschkreuzer
• (15)51 3 kreuzer (groschen)
• 1551 thaler
• (15)53 half kreuzer (vierer)
• 1557 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1553