St. Gall 1619 3 batzen
This specimen was lot 4477 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 300 CHF (about US$435 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ St. Gallen, Stadt und Kanton, Halbdicken 1619, St. Gallen. Jahreszahl im Abschnitt unterhalb des Bären. Gutes sehr schön. Schrötlingsfehler. Exemplar der Slg. Viktor Luthiger-Holzgang, Auktion SINCONA 74, Zürich, November 2021, Los 5471. (Switzerland, St. Gall, half dicken of 1619, St. Gall mint. the date in the exergue below the bear. Good Very Fine, Flan flaw.)"
The SCWC mentions a half dicken (KM 53), worth twelve kreuzer, struck 1618-19. The 1618 is scarce and the 1619 is rare. The photo in the SCWC shows the date in the obverse legend by the bear's head. This piece is catalogued therein as a three batzen, struck 1619-24.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.05 g, silver, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 4.14 g.
Catalog reference: KM-56; TZN 82a, D.T. 1405a, HMZ 2-900c.
- 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), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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