Schaffhausen 1634 dicken
This specimen was lot 4387 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Schaffhausen, Dicken 1634, Schaffhausen. Fast vorzüglich. Minimales Zainende. Exemplar der Auktion Künker 115, Osnabrück, September 2006, Los 1471. (Switzerland, canton of Schaffhausen, dicken of 1634, Schaffhausen mint. About Extremely Fine, Minor edge clip.)"
The SCWC does not price this type of 1626-27, 1631-35 in any grade higher than Very Fine. The dicken traded for 24 kreuzer or one third of a thaler in the early seventeenth century. The city arms depict an ibex leaping, sometimes by itself or out of a castle window (as here).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 8.8 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 8.21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 42, D.T. 1378f, HMZ 2-765o.
- 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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