Chur 1527 batzen

Sincona sale 22, lot 1804

Chur in Switzerland in 1648

This specimen was lot 1804 in Sincona sale 22 (Zurich, May 2015), where it sold for 170 CHF (about US$214 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Graubünden, Chur, Bistum, Paul Ziegler von Ziegelberg, 1503-1541 Batzen 1527. Gutes sehr schön-sehr schön. (Switzerland, bishopric of Chur, Paul Ziegler von Ziegelberg, 1503-1541, batzen of 1527, very fine or better.)"

Chur, on the upper reaches of the Rhine, was then and is now a town of utmost insignificance, yet managed to issue a long string of coins in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Later Swiss batzen of the eighteenth century were four kreuzer or one fortieth of a thaler. This coin seems a little heavy for that unless it is only billon.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 3.01 g.

Catalog reference: HMZ 2-380i.

Source:

• Richter, Juerg, 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, Jürg, Ruedi Kunzmann and Arne Kirsch, Collection Fumatori, Auction 22, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2015.

Link to:

• St. Gall 1527 batzen
• Chur 1633 thaler Dav-4675
• Coins and currency dated 1527
• return to coins of Switzerland, Chur