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* [[Fribourg 1622 batzen KM-15|1622 batzen, tower on obverse]] | * [[Fribourg 1622 batzen KM-15|1622 batzen, tower on obverse]] | ||
* [[Fribourg 1622 batzen KM-17|1622 batzen, St. Nicholas on reverse]] | * [[Fribourg 1622 batzen KM-17|1622 batzen, St. Nicholas on reverse]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1621]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1621]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:54, 4 January 2026
This specimen was lot 4176 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 1,700 CHF (about US$2,466 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Freiburg/Fribourg, Stadt und Kanton, Halbdicken 1621, Freiburg. Doppeladler mit Nimben und Kreuz, auf der Brust die Wertzahl. Unten ein kleines Stadtwappen. Rv. Mitriertes Brustbild halbrechts. Am Ende der Umschrift die Jahreszahl. Äusserst selten. Fast sehr schön. Kratzer auf Revers. Exemplar der Auktion SINCONA 9, Zürich, Oktober 2012, Los 5364. Exemplar der Slg. Gallet, Auktion Merzbacher, München, April 1912, Los 430. (Switzerland, canton of Fribourg, half dicken o f1621, Fribourg mint. Obverse: double headed eagle with halo and cross, value on its breast, city arms below; reverse: mitred half-length bust of St. Nicholas, date at the end of the legend. Extremely rare, About Very Fine, Scratches on reverse.)"
This type was struck 1620-21. Half a dicken was twelve kreuzer or 2/15 thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 3.33 g, silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 3.34 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13, MCV 44a. D.T. 1261b, HMZ 2-267c.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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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