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[[Image:S95-4307.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 95, lot 4307]]
 
[[Image:S95-4307.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 95, lot 4307]]
  
This specimen was lot 4307 in Sincona sale 95 (Zurich, October 2024), where it sold for 850 CHF (about US$1,178 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Luzern, Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1622, Luzern. Selten. Fast vorzüglich. Stempelbruch in der Rückseitenumschrift. '' ([[Switzerland]], canton of [[Switzerland, Lucern|Luzern]], dicken of 1622, Luzern mint. Rare, About Extremely Fine, Die break in reverse legend.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1617-22 in many varieties. At this time, one thaler made four dicken or 72 kreuzer. St. Leodegar, depicted on the reverse, made an enemy of Ebroin, mayor of the palace of Neustria, and was blinded on his orders in AD 679.
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This specimen was lot 4307 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 850 CHF (about US$1,178 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Luzern, Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1622, Luzern. Selten. Fast vorzüglich. Stempelbruch in der Rückseitenumschrift. '' ([[Switzerland]], canton of [[Switzerland, Lucern|Luzern]], dicken of 1622, Luzern mint. Rare, About Extremely Fine, Die break in reverse legend.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1617-22 in many varieties. At this time, one thaler made four dicken or 72 kreuzer. St. Leodegar, depicted on the reverse, made an enemy of Ebroin, mayor of the palace of Neustria, and was blinded on his orders in AD 679.
  
 
''Record mintage:'' unknown.
 
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* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
 
* 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.
 
* 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>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
  
 
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* [[Luzern 1621 dicken|1621 dicken]]
 
* [[Luzern 1621 dicken|1621 dicken]]
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* [[Zug 1622 dicken]]
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* [[Solothurn 1622 batzen KM-8|Solothurn 1622 batzen, St. Ursus reverse]]
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* [[Solothurn 1622 batzen KM-9|Solothurn 1622 batzen, cross reverse]]
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* [[Zurich 1622 dicken KM-32|Zürich 1622 dicken, shield obverse]]
 
* [[Luzern 1622 thaler Dav-4624|1622 thaler]]
 
* [[Luzern 1622 thaler Dav-4624|1622 thaler]]
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* [[Luzern 1623 1/2 dicken|1623 half dicken (12 kreuzer)]]
 
* [[Luzern 1623 dicken|1623 dicken]]
 
* [[Luzern 1623 dicken|1623 dicken]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1622]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1622]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 92, 93, 94, 95]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]]
 
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 92, 93, 94, 95]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]]

Latest revision as of 10:43, 12 January 2026

Sincona sale 95, lot 4307

This specimen was lot 4307 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 850 CHF (about US$1,178 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Luzern, Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1622, Luzern. Selten. Fast vorzüglich. Stempelbruch in der Rückseitenumschrift. (Switzerland, canton of Luzern, dicken of 1622, Luzern mint. Rare, About Extremely Fine, Die break in reverse legend.)"

This type was struck 1617-22 in many varieties. At this time, one thaler made four dicken or 72 kreuzer. St. Leodegar, depicted on the reverse, made an enemy of Ebroin, mayor of the palace of Neustria, and was blinded on his orders in AD 679.

Record mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.8 g, silver, 31 mm diameter, this specimen 6.10 g.

Catalog reference: KM 19, Wielandt (Luzern) 76e, D.T. 1170g, HMZ 2-635o.

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 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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