Zug 1618 dicken
This specimen was lot 5587 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. Zug. Stadt und Kanton. Dicken 1618, Zug. Fast vorzüglich. (Switzerland, city and canton of Zug, dicken of 1618, Zug mint. About Extremely Fine.)"
This type was struck 1609-22. St. Oswald, a British king who converted the Northumbrians, is featured on the obverse. The reverse motto, "CVM·HIS·QVI·OD[ERT]·PACE[M]· ERAM·PACI[FICVS]", translates to, "I remained peaceful to those who hated the peace." A dicken was twenty-four kreuzer or two-fifths gulden.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.1 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 8.14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 20, Wielandt (Zug) 63a var. D.T. 1242j, HMZ 2-1092k.
- 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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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