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[[Image:Fribourg S26-03777Q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 26, lot 3777]] | [[Image:Fribourg S26-03777Q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 26, lot 3777]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3777 in Sincona sale 26 (Zurich, October 2015), where it sold for 12,000 CHF (about US$14,823 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Dicken 1530. + MONETA*NOVA*FRIBVRGENSIS. Nach l. blickender Adler über dem Stadtwappen, im Abschnitt die Jahreszahl. Rv. SANCTVS - NICOLAVS. Sitzender hl. Nikolaus mit Krummstab in der r. Hand, in der Linken die drei goldenen Kugeln auf dem Evangelienbuch. Äusserst selten. Gutes sehr schön.'' (city of Fribourg, dicken of 1530. Obverse: eagle over city arms, date below; reverse: seated St. Nicholas with crozier in right hand, bible in left. Very rare, good very fine.)"</blockquote> | + | This specimen was lot 3777 in Sincona sale 26 (Zurich, October 2015), where it sold for 12,000 CHF (about US$14,823 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Dicken 1530. + MONETA*NOVA*FRIBVRGENSIS. Nach l. blickender Adler über dem Stadtwappen, im Abschnitt die Jahreszahl. Rv. SANCTVS - NICOLAVS. Sitzender hl. Nikolaus mit Krummstab in der r. Hand, in der Linken die drei goldenen Kugeln auf dem Evangelienbuch. Äusserst selten. Gutes sehr schön.'' (city of Fribourg, dicken of 1530. Obverse: eagle over city arms, date below; reverse: seated St. Nicholas with crozier in right hand, bible in left. Very rare, good very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1530-31, 1540, 1548, 1556, 1560 and 1571. The dicken was twenty-four kreuzer or one-third thaler in the sixteenth century. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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''Specification:'' silver; this specimen 9.47 g. | ''Specification:'' silver; this specimen 9.47 g. | ||
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' MCV 31c | + | ''Catalog reference:'' MCV 31c, Henseler 58. Tobler (1974) S. 139, HMZ 257b. |
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* [[Fribourg (1530) thaler Dav-8728|(1530) thaler, single headed eagle]] | * [[Fribourg (1530) thaler Dav-8728|(1530) thaler, single headed eagle]] | ||
* [[Fribourg (1550) ducat Fr-243]] | * [[Fribourg (1550) ducat Fr-243]] | ||
| + | * [[Fribourg (15)31 dicken|(15)31 dicken]] | ||
* [[Fribourg (15)59 kreuzer|(15)59 kreuzer]] | * [[Fribourg (15)59 kreuzer|(15)59 kreuzer]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1530]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1530]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Switzerland, Fribourg]] | * return to coins of [[Switzerland, Fribourg]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 24, 25, 26, 27]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]] | [[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 24, 25, 26, 27]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]] | ||
Revision as of 20:54, 8 June 2025
This specimen was lot 3777 in Sincona sale 26 (Zurich, October 2015), where it sold for 12,000 CHF (about US$14,823 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Dicken 1530. + MONETA*NOVA*FRIBVRGENSIS. Nach l. blickender Adler über dem Stadtwappen, im Abschnitt die Jahreszahl. Rv. SANCTVS - NICOLAVS. Sitzender hl. Nikolaus mit Krummstab in der r. Hand, in der Linken die drei goldenen Kugeln auf dem Evangelienbuch. Äusserst selten. Gutes sehr schön. (city of Fribourg, dicken of 1530. Obverse: eagle over city arms, date below; reverse: seated St. Nicholas with crozier in right hand, bible in left. Very rare, good very fine.)"
This type was struck 1530-31, 1540, 1548, 1556, 1560 and 1571. The dicken was twenty-four kreuzer or one-third thaler in the sixteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver; this specimen 9.47 g.
Catalog reference: MCV 31c, Henseler 58. Tobler (1974) S. 139, HMZ 257b.
- 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, Jürg, Ruedi Kunzmann and Arne Kirsch, Numismatic Coins & Medals, Auction 26, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2015.
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