Zurich (15)60 sechser

Sincona sale 98, lot 4611

This specimen was lot 4611 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 250 CHF (about US$363 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, Sechser 1560, Zürich. Sehr selten. Fast sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, Auktion SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, Los 6331. (Switzerland, city and canton of Zürich, sechser of 1560, Zürich mint. Very rare, About Very Fine.)"

This tiny coin was probably one quarter groschen.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: billon, this specimen 0.70 g.

Catalog reference: Hürlimann 1127, HMZ 2-1131e.

Sources:

• 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.

Link to:

• (15)59 groschen
• 1559 half thaler
• (15)59 thaler, one lion/eagle
• 1559 thaler, two lions/10 shields
• 1559 thaler, two lions/eagle
• (1560) thaler
• (1560) half goldkrone
• (1560) goldkrone
• 1561 groschen
• (15)61 thaler, one lion/eagle
• (1561) ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1560