Schwyz 1785-ST gulden

Sincona sale 47, lot 2927

This specimen was lot 2927 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 3,000 CHF (about US$3,600 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND, Schwyz, Gulden 1785. Rautenrand. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich-FDC. (canton of Schwyz, gulden of 1785. Rare in this quality, Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"

Altho the SCWC states that three gulden = one thaler, the weight of this specimen is closer to two-fifths of a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 11.06 g.

Catalog reference: Wielandt (Schwyz) 100, D.T. 578, HMZ 2-797a, KM 44.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.

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