Zurich 1768 1/2 thaler KM-145

Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 24612

This specimen was lot 24612 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. Zurich. 1/2 Taler, 1768/7. NGC MS-63. A boldly overdated coin with satiny luster and mottled gray to dark gray toning." 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: 14 g, silver, 33 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-145.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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