Zug 1620 dicken

Sincona sale 98, lot 4584

This specimen was lot 4584 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$943 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Zug, Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1620, Zug. Fast vorzüglich. (Switzerland, city and canton of Zug, dicken of 1620, Zug mint. About Extremely Fine.)"

A dicken was twenty-four kreuzer or one-third of a thaler. This type is noted in the SCWC for 1609-22 and is listed as fairly common. The figure on the obverse is St Oswald, a British king who converted the Northumbrians.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 9.1 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 6.83 g.

Catalog reference: KM 20, Wielandt (Zug) 65 var. D.T. 1242l, HMZ 2-1092m.

Sources:

• 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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