Uri-Schwyz-Nidwalden (15)69 batzen

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Sincona sale 102, lot 5539

This specimen was lot 5539 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 4,500 CHF (about US$6,783 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ. Uri, Schwyz und Nidwalden. Batzen 1569, Münzstätte Altdorf. Die drei Wappen in Kleeblattform. Rv. Kreuz mit Verzierungen in den Winkeln.Äusserst selten. Fast sehr schön. (Switzerland, cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden, batzen of 1569, Altdorf mint. Obverse: the three arms posed in a triangle; reverse: cross cantonned with arabesques. Extremely rare, About Very Fine.)"

Numista shows a 1569 batzen from Nidwalden (HMZ 2-725) and Uri (HMZ 2-979) but not this joint issue. One batzen was 1/18 thaler in the mid sixteenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.65 g, silver, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 2.76 g.

Catalog reference: Püntener 59, HMZ 2-957a.

Source:

  • 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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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