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[[Image:Zurich S47-3151.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 47, lot 3151]]
 
[[Image:Zurich S47-3151.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 47, lot 3151]]
  
This specimen was lot 3151 in Sincona sale 47 (Zurich, May 2018), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$540 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND, Stadt und Kanton Zürich, 5 Schilling 1784. FDC. Prachtvolle Erhaltung.'' (canton of Zurich, five schilling of 1784. Uncirculated, Magnificent condition.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1783-84 only and was the only issue of the denomination.
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This specimen was lot 3151 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$540 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND, Stadt und Kanton Zürich, 5 Schilling 1784. FDC. Prachtvolle Erhaltung.'' (canton of Zürich, five schilling of 1784. Uncirculated, Magnificent condition.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1783-84 only and was the only issue of the denomination. In one part of the SCWC, 20 schilling = half gulden; in another part, one gulden = 36 schilling. We are baffled.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Richter, Juerg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, ''Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart,'' Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
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* 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.
 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' Zurich: Sincona AG, 2018.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.
  
 
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* [[Zurich 1783 5 schilling|1783 V schilling]]
 
* [[Zurich 1783 1/2 thaler|1783 half thaler]]
 
* [[Zurich 1783 1/2 thaler|1783 half thaler]]
 
* [[Zurich 1783 thaler Dav-1798|1783 thaler]]
 
* [[Zurich 1783 thaler Dav-1798|1783 thaler]]
* [[Zurich 1788 1/2 thaler|1788 half thaler]]
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* [[Zug 1784 schilling]]
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* [[Zurich 1786 1/2 thaler|1786 half thaler]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1784]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1784]]
 
* return to coins of [[Switzerland, Zurich|Zurich]]
 
* return to coins of [[Switzerland, Zurich|Zurich]]
  
 
[[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 46, 47]]
 
[[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 46, 47]]

Latest revision as of 08:30, 13 January 2026

Sincona sale 47, lot 3151

This specimen was lot 3151 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$540 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND, Stadt und Kanton Zürich, 5 Schilling 1784. FDC. Prachtvolle Erhaltung. (canton of Zürich, five schilling of 1784. Uncirculated, Magnificent condition.)"

This type was struck 1783-84 only and was the only issue of the denomination. In one part of the SCWC, 20 schilling = half gulden; in another part, one gulden = 36 schilling. We are baffled.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 2.72 g.

Catalog reference: D.T. 451b, HMZ 2-1168c, KM 172.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.

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