Sitten (16)85 1/2 kreuzer

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Sincona sale 81, lot 6198

This specimen was lot 6198 in Sincona sale 81 (Zürich, October 2022), where it sold for 350 CHF (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND | Wallis/Valais | Sitten, Bistum, Adrian V. von Riedmatten, 1672-1701. Vierer 1685. Extremely fine. Minor edge clip." This one year type was issued by the bishop of Sitten (Sion in French). Two vierer made a kreuzer and four kreuzer made a batzen. The Riedmatten family contributed six bishops of Sion and controlled the diocese 1529-45, 1565-1613, 1640-1701. The prince-bishopric was secularized and added to the canton of Valais in 1807.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 0.50 g.

Catalog reference: KM 23, D.T. 1629, HMZ 2-1063a.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Richter, Juerg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 81, the Max Walty-Hussy Collection: Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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