Uri 1618 schilling

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Sincona sale 102, lot 5551

This specimen was lot 5551 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$603 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ. Uri. Schilling 1618, Altdorf. Sehr selten. Schrötlingsfehler. Schön-sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Ruedi Kunzmann, Auktion SINCONA 53, Zürich, Oktober 2018, Los 6818. (Switzerland, canton of Uri, schilling of 1618, Altdorf mint. Very rare, Flan flaw, Fine-Very Fine.)"

This type was struck 1605, 1608-21. Most dates are fairly common in worn condition. One thaler was forty schilling.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a rare date.

Specification: 1.1 g, billon, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 0.85 g.

Catalog reference: KM 5, D.T. 1211l, HMZ 2-989k.

Source:

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

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