Unterwalden 1725 20 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4329 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 425 CHF (about US$617 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Obwalden, 20 Kreuzer 1725, Sarnen. Schräg gerippter Rand. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast vorzüglich. (Switzerland, half canton of Obwalden, twenty kreuzer of 1725, Sarnen mint, obliquely reeded edge. Rare in this condition, About Extremely Fine.)"
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. This type was struck 1725 and 1742, with the 1725 being the more common date. Twenty kreuzer was one-sixth of a convention thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 4.92 g, silver, this specimen 4.44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 8, Greter (SMK IV) 28a. D.T. 613a, HMZ 2-735b.
- 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]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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