Schaffhausen 1658 15 kreuzer KM-55
This specimen was lot 4392 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 750 CHF (about US$1,088 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Schaffhausen, Örtli 1658, Schaffhausen. Mit Gegenstempel Widderkopf. Sehr selten. Schön-sehr schön. Schrötlingsfehler. (Switzerland, canton of Schaffhausen, Örtli of 1658, Schaffhausen mint, with ram's head counterstamp. Very rare, Fine-Very Fine, Flan flaw.)"
This type was struck 1657-58. In other cantons, the örtli was a four batzen coin or sixteen kreuzer; here it seems to be fifteen kreuzer. Examining similar coins in the auction archives shows that most specimens are weakly struck on the eagle's breast, some show a "15" there and others a "16", which could be the result of a die break. This type is known with and without the counterstamp. We don't know why the counterstamp was applied.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 4.94 g, silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 5.29 g.
Catalog reference: KM 53 (without counterstamp), KM 55 (with counterstamp), D.T. 1379d. Zimmermann (Gegenstempel) 54, HMZ 2-766h.
- 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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