Zurich 1758 1/2 thaler KM-145
This specimen was lot 31545 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $1,057.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Zurich. City 1/2 Taler 1758 MS64 NGC, Zurich mint. Obv. Obv. Rampant lion holding sword and Zurich arms. Rev. Four-line inscription, and date. Full, bright mint luster, with a touch of russet patina around the devices. The surfaces display only minor marks and the reverse has a touch of soft strike in the inscription, with light adjustment marks. An exceptional example of the type. By far, the finest example of this date we have seen. From the Redwood Collection, Part II." This type was issued most years 1720-68. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, one gulden = 2/3 thaler but the coin slipped to a half thaler during its course. The canton of Zurich struck two types of half thalers or gulden simultaneously, this one with the motto reverse and another with a city view reverse (KM 146).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 145, HMZ-21165zz.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3049, featuring the Ohio Valley Collection, the Redwood Collection and the F.P. Briand Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2016.
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