Basel 1567 60 kreuzer

Sincona sale 91, lot 3047

This specimen was lot 3047 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 600 CHF (about US$793 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Guldentaler 1567, Basel. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion SINCONA 9, Zürich, Oktober 2012, Los 5164. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, guldenthaler of 1567, Basel mint. Very fine.)"

The guldenthaler was sixty kreuzer which, in the early part of the sixteenth century, was equal to a thaler. In the later part of the sixteenth century, the thaler rose to 72 kreuzer, making the guldenthaler 5/6 of a thaler. Later, in the seventeenth century, the thaler rose to ninety kreuzer, making the gulden (the "thaler" part of the name was dropped) two-thirds of a thaler. The 60 kreuzer was the same coin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 24 g, silver, 38 mm diameter, this specimen 24.10 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-156, HMZ 2-60f.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• 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.
• Winterstein, Christian, Die Taler Von Basel, Basel: Schweizerischer Bankverein Basel, 1983.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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