Chur 1633 dicken

Sincona sale 76, lot 1677

This specimen was lot 1677 in Sincona sale 76 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 3,200 CHF (about US$3,884 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND | Grisons | Chur, Bistum. Dicken 1633, Chur. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. NCG AU53. (Switzerland, bishopric of Chur, dicken of 1633, Chur mint. Rare, especially in this condition, Extremely fine.)"

Chur, along with the rest of Switzerland, left the Empire in 1648 as part of the Treaty of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years War. The city arms feature a leaping ibex. This type is listed in the SCWC as a 24 kreuzer (one-third thaler).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 8.21 g.

Catalog reference: KM 230, D.T.1526c, HMZ 2-487i.

Sources:

• 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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

Link to:

• Neuchatel 1631 dicken
• 1632 10 kreuzer, issued by the city
• 1633 10 kreuzer, issued by the bishop
• St. Gall 1633 24 kreuzer (dicken)
• Schaffhausen 1633 dicken
• 1633 thaler, issued by the city
• 1634 10 kreuzer, issued by the bishop
• 1634 thaler, issued by the bishop
• Coins and currency dated 1633