Zurich 1780 20 schilling
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This specimen was lot 5697 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 500 CHF (about US$754 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ. Zürich. Stadt und Kanton 20 Schilling (Halbgulden) 1780, Zürich. Feine Patina. Vorzüglich-FDC. (Switzerland, canton of Zürich, twenty schilling of 1780, Zürich mint. Nicely toned. About Uncirculated.)"
This type was issued intermittently 1774-1780 and was worth half a gulden or a quarter thaler. In 1798, the canton of Zürich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date.
Specification: 7.57 g, silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 7.38 g.
Catalog reference: KM 160, D.T. 447d. HMZ 2-1166ll.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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