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| − | This specimen was lot 4697 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 525 CHF (about US$762 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, 20 Schilling (Halbgulden) 1758, Zürich. Vorzüglich-FDC. Leicht justiert.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Zurich|city and canton of Zürich]], twenty schilling or half gulden of 1758, Zürich mint. About Uncirculated, Minor adjustment marks.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1718-45, 1748, 1751-53, 1756-61, 1767-68 and was worth half a gulden or a quarter thaler. In 1798, the canton of | + | This specimen was lot 4697 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 525 CHF (about US$762 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, 20 Schilling (Halbgulden) 1758, Zürich. Vorzüglich-FDC. Leicht justiert.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Zurich|city and canton of Zürich]], twenty schilling or half gulden of 1758, Zürich mint. About Uncirculated, Minor adjustment marks.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1718-45, 1748, 1751-53, 1756-61, 1767-68 and was worth half a gulden or a quarter thaler. In 1798, the canton of Zürich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic. |
''Recorded mintage'': unknown. | ''Recorded mintage'': unknown. | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 10 January 2026
This specimen was lot 4697 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 525 CHF (about US$762 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, 20 Schilling (Halbgulden) 1758, Zürich. Vorzüglich-FDC. Leicht justiert. (Switzerland, city and canton of Zürich, twenty schilling or half gulden of 1758, Zürich mint. About Uncirculated, Minor adjustment marks.)"
This type was struck 1718-45, 1748, 1751-53, 1756-61, 1767-68 and was worth half a gulden or a quarter thaler. In 1798, the canton of Zürich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 7.57 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 7.82 g.
Catalog reference: KM 137, D.T. 444y, HMZ 2-1166dd.
- 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]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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