Schaffhausen 1627 4 heller

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Sincona sale 98, lot 4384

This specimen was lot 4384 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Schaffhausen, Vierer 1627, Schaffhausen. Selten. Sehr schön. Schrötlingsrisse. (Switzerland, canton of Schaffhausen, vierer of 1627, Schaffhausen mint. Rare, Very Fine, Flan cracks.)"

This type is listed for 1626-28 and undated. Four heller made a vierer or half a kreuzer. One 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 but very scarce.

Specifications: 0.53 g, billon, 15 mm diameter, this specimen 0.26 g.

Catalog reference: KM 9, Wielandt (Schaffhausen) 113/114. D.T. 1393c, HMZ 2-772g.

Sources:

  • 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 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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