Unterwalden 1728 1/2 batzen

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Sincona sale 98, lot 4338

This specimen was lot 4338 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Obwalden, Halbbatzen 1728, Sarnen. Sehr selten. Fast sehr schön. Knapper Schrötling. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, Auktion SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, aus Los 5791. (Switzerland, half canton of Obwalden, half batzen of 1728, Sarnen mint. Very rare, About Very Fine, Small flan.)"

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 1726-28. Half a batzen was two kreuzer or 1/60 of a convention thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 1.7 g, billon, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 1.61 g.

Catalog reference: KM 15, Greter-Stückelberger (SMK IV) 62d. D.T. 622b, HMZ 2-737b.

Sources:

  • 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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