Uri 1641 schilling
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This specimen was lot 4521 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 850 CHF (about US$1,233 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Uri, Schilling 1641, Altdorf. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. Zainende. (Switzerland, canton of Uri, schilling of 1641, Altdorf mint. Rare in this condition, Extremely Fine, Edge clip.)"
Forty schilling made a thaler. This type was struck 1623-33 and 1641.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a rare date.
Specifications: 1.27 g, billon, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 1.21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 25, Püntener 159, D.T. 1213g, HMZ 2-989w.
- 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 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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