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[[Image:S69-03681q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 70, lot 3681]]
 
[[Image:S69-03681q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 70, lot 3681]]
  
This specimen was lot 3681 in Sincona sale 70 (Zurich, May 2021), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$527 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Zurich | Stadt und Kanton. Halbtaler 1753, Zürich. Stadtansicht. Mzz. HIG links des Fraumünsterturms. Gezackter Rand. Gutes vorzüglich.'' (Switzerland, canton of [[Switzerland, Zurich|Zurich]], half thaler of 1753, Zurich mint, city view reverse. Good extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1720-29, 1732-36, 1739-45, 1748, 1751-61, 1764-68 along with a half thaler with a motto reverse ([[Zurich 1756 1/2 thaler KM-145|KM 145]]). In 1798, the canton of Zurich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic.  
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This specimen was lot 3681 in Sincona sale 70 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$527 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Zurich | Stadt und Kanton. Halbtaler 1753, Zürich. Stadtansicht. Mzz. HIG links des Fraumünsterturms. Gezackter Rand. Gutes vorzüglich.'' (Switzerland, canton of [[Switzerland, Zurich|Zurich]], half thaler of 1753, Zurich mint, city view reverse. Good extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1720-29, 1732-36, 1739-45, 1748, 1751-61, 1764-68 along with a half thaler with a motto reverse ([[Zurich 1756 1/2 thaler KM-145|KM 145]]). In 1798, the canton of Zürich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic.  
  
 
''Reported Mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Reported Mintage:'' unknown.
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* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.  
 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.  
 
* 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.
 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Jürg Richter, ''Auction 70, Swiss Coins and Medals and Rarities in Gold,'' Zurich: Sincona AG, 2021.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Jürg Richter, ''Auction 70, Swiss Coins and Medals and Rarities in Gold,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2021.
  
 
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* [[Zurich 1732 1/2 thaler KM-145|1732 half thaler, motto reverse]]
 
 
* [[Zurich 1743 ducat Fr-486a|1743 ducat]]
 
* [[Zurich 1743 ducat Fr-486a|1743 ducat]]
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* [[Zurich 1751 1/2 thaler KM-145|1751 half thaler, motto reverse]]
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* [[Zurich 1751 1/2 thaler KM-146|1751 half thaler, city view]]
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* [[Zurich 1753 thaler Dav-1789|1753 thaler, motto reverse]]
 
* [[Zurich 1753 thaler Dav-1791|1753 thaler, city view]]
 
* [[Zurich 1753 thaler Dav-1791|1753 thaler, city view]]
 
* [[Zurich 1753 1/4 ducat Fr-488a|1753 quarter ducat]]
 
* [[Zurich 1753 1/4 ducat Fr-488a|1753 quarter ducat]]
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* [[Zurich 1753 ducat Fr-486a|1753 ducat]]
 
* [[Zurich 1753 ducat Fr-486a|1753 ducat]]
 
* [[Zurich 1753 2 ducats Fr-485a|1753 double ducat]]
 
* [[Zurich 1753 2 ducats Fr-485a|1753 double ducat]]
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* [[Zurich 1756 1/2 thaler KM-146|1756 half thaler, city view]]
 
* [[Zurich 1756 1/2 thaler KM-145|1756 half thaler, motto reverse]]
 
* [[Zurich 1756 1/2 thaler KM-145|1756 half thaler, motto reverse]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1753]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1753]]
  
 
[[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 69, 70]]
 
[[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 69, 70]]

Latest revision as of 11:36, 10 January 2026

Sincona sale 70, lot 3681

This specimen was lot 3681 in Sincona sale 70 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$527 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND | Zurich | Stadt und Kanton. Halbtaler 1753, Zürich. Stadtansicht. Mzz. HIG links des Fraumünsterturms. Gezackter Rand. Gutes vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Zurich, half thaler of 1753, Zurich mint, city view reverse. Good extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1720-29, 1732-36, 1739-45, 1748, 1751-61, 1764-68 along with a half thaler with a motto reverse (KM 145). In 1798, the canton of Zürich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14.19 g.

Catalog reference: KM 146, D.T. 436t, HMZ 2-1165ww.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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]Jürg Richter, Auction 70, Swiss Coins and Medals and Rarities in Gold, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2021.

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