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[[Image:Sincona98-4510.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 98, lot 4510]]

This specimen was lot 4510 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 300 CHF (about US$435 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Uri, Schwyz und Nidwalden, Groschen 1563, Altdorf. Mit Münzzeichen Halbmond über Stern von Münzmeister Gutenson. Püntener 64d, HMZ 2-958d. Fast sehr schön.'' ([[Switzerland]], cantons of Uri, [[Switzerland, Schwyz|Schwyz]] and Nidwalden, schilling of 1563, Altdorf mint. The mintmark is a crescent moon over star, for mintmaster Gutenson. About Very Fine.)"</blockquote> Numista lists this type for 1552, 1561, 1563 and undated. Forty schilling made a thaler. The obverse legend, "VRANIE ✿ SVIT ✿ VNDERVALD ✿", expands to "Uraniensis Svitensis et Undervaldiensis", the three cantons responsible for the issue.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specifications'': 2.38 g, silver, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 2.03 g. 

''Catalog reference'': Püntener 67b, HMZ 2-961c. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jurg, ''SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Uri-Schwyz-Nidwalden (15)61 groschen]]
* [[Uri-Schwyz-Nidwalden (15)61 1/2 thaler]]
* [[Uri-Schwyz-Nidwalden 1561 thaler Dav-8766|1561 thaler]]
* [[Uri-Schwyz-Nidwalden (15)63 thaler Dav-8766|(15)63 thaler]]
* [[Uri (15)69 batzen|(15)69 batzen]]
* [[Uri-Schwyz-Nidwalden (15)97 schilling]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1563]]

[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 96, 97, 98]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]]