Zurich 1718 20 schilling
This specimen was lot 1715 in Sincona sale 76 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$546 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Zurich | Stadt und Kanton. 20 Schilling (Halbgulden) 1718, Zürich. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast FDC. NGC MS62. Feine Patina. (Switzerland, canton of Zurich, twenty schilling or half gulden of 1718, Zurich mint. Rare in this condition, About uncirculated, Nicely toned.)"
This type was issued intermittently 1718-68. According to the SCWC, 72 schilling = one thaler so 20 schilling = 5/18 thaler = half gulden. Normally, in southern Germany, one gulden = 2/3 thaler (48 schilling). Later in the eighteenth century, with the adoption of the convention thaler (28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver), the gulden slipped to half a thaler. In 1798, the canton of Zürich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 8.33 g.
Catalog reference: KM 137, D.T. 445a, HMZ 2-1166g.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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