Schaffhausen 1611 dicken
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This specimen was lot 5431 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 140 CHF (about US$211 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ. Schaffhausen. Dicken 1611, Schaffhausen. Sehr schön. (Switzerland, Schaffhausen, dicken of 1611, Schaffhausen mint. Very Fine.)"
The SCWC does not price this type of 1611, 1614-21 in any grade higher than Very Fine. The dicken traded for 24 kreuzer. The city arms depict an ibex leaping, sometimes by itself or out of a castle window (as here). One thaler was 90 kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.7 g, silver, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 8.52 g.
Catalog reference: KM 18, D.T. 1375a, HMZ 2-765a.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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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