Unterwalden (1728) rappen
This specimen was lot 2895 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "UNTERWALDEN: Obwalden, BI rappen, ND (1728), light oxidation, very rare, VF-XF." Unterwalden was one of the three original cantons forming the Swiss Confederation in 1291. Far from the main channels of commerce, her coinage is scanty and rare. Unterwalden was divided into the "half cantons" of Obwalden and Nidwalden. Three hundred rappen made a thaler; in the modern Swiss coinage, one franc is one hundred rappen. Altho the SCWC attributes this undated issue to 1728, it could have been made any time in the eighteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.39 g, billon.
Catalog reference: KM-5, HMZ-2-741a.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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