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[[Image:Basel S59-3025.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 59, lot 3025]] | [[Image:Basel S59-3025.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 59, lot 3025]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3025 in Sincona sale 59 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3025 in Sincona sale 59 (Zürich, October 2019), where it sold for 2,000 CHF (about US$2,422 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Basel | Stadt und Kanton Basel, Halbtaler 1797, Basel. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtvolle Erhaltung. FDC. Kleiner Schrötlingsfehler.'' (Switzerland, city and canton of Basel, half thaler of 1797, Basel mint. Very rare in this condition, Cabinet piece. Brilliant uncirculated, Minor flan flaw.)"</blockquote> This specimen realized double the catalog value. In 1798, the French occupied Switzerland and terminated cantonal independence. |
''Reported Mintage:'' unknown. | ''Reported Mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
* 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, | + | * 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, | + | * Winterstein, Christian, ''Die Taler Von Basel,'' Basel: Schweizerischer Bankverein Basel, 1983. |
| + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Sincona Auction 59: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2019. | ||
''Link to:'' | ''Link to:'' | ||
| − | * [[Basel 1795 duplone Fr-71|1795 duplone]] | + | * [[Basel 1795 duplone Fr-70|1795 duplone, altar reverse]] |
| + | * [[Basel 1795 duplone Fr-71|1795 duplone, motto in wreath reverse]] | ||
| + | * [[Basel 1796 duplone Fr-71|1796 duplone]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1797]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1797]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Switzerland, Basel]] | * return to coins of [[Switzerland, Basel]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 58, 59, 60, 61]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]] | [[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 58, 59, 60, 61]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:26, 4 June 2026
This specimen was lot 3025 in Sincona sale 59 (Zürich, October 2019), where it sold for 2,000 CHF (about US$2,422 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Basel | Stadt und Kanton Basel, Halbtaler 1797, Basel. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtvolle Erhaltung. FDC. Kleiner Schrötlingsfehler. (Switzerland, city and canton of Basel, half thaler of 1797, Basel mint. Very rare in this condition, Cabinet piece. Brilliant uncirculated, Minor flan flaw.)"
This specimen realized double the catalog value. In 1798, the French occupied Switzerland and terminated cantonal independence.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 13.01 g.
Catalog reference: KM 191, Winterstein 168. D.T. 762, HMZ 2-100p.
- 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.
- Winterstein, Christian, Die Taler Von Basel, Basel: Schweizerischer Bankverein Basel, 1983.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona Auction 59: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2019.
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