Zurich 1734 20 schilling

Sincona sale 98, lot 4674

This specimen was lot 4674 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 550 CHF (about US$798 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, 20 Schilling (Halbgulden) 1734, Zürich. Vorzüglich-FDC. (Switzerland, city and canton of Zürich, twenty schilling or half gulden of 1734, Zürich mint. About Uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1718-45, 1748, 1751-53, 1756-61, 1767-68 and was worth half a gulden or a quarter thaler. In 1798, the canton of Zurich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 7.57 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 7.99 g.

Catalog reference: KM 137, D.T. 444o, HMZ 2-1166t.

Sources:

• 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 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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