Zurich 1788 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 31548 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $493.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Zurich. City 1/2 Taler 1788 MS64 NGC. Premium for the type with delicate luster over softly toned surfaces. Tied for the finest graded at NGC and perhaps the nicest we've seen, with the only comparable example we've encountered being an example sold by UBS in 2008 for 1,050 CHF hammer. From the Redwood Collection, Part II." This is a five year type issued 1783, 1786, 1788, 1794 and 1798.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14 g, silver, 35 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 174, HMZ-21165sss.
- 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]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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- 1786 half thaler
- 1794 half thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1788
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