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[[Image:Sincona91-3057.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3057]]
 
[[Image:Sincona91-3057.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3057]]
  
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This specimen was lot 3057 in Sincona sale 91 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 850 CHF (about US$1,123 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Halbdicken 1623, Basel. Variante mit spitzem Wappen. Sehr schön.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Basel|canton of Basel]], half dicken of 1623, Basel mint, variety with pointed arms. Very fine.)"</blockquote> The dicken, introduced in the late fifteenth century as competition for the Italian testone, varied in value and weight. By the seventeenth century it had settled down to a humble 24 kreuzer coin. This type, struck 1623 only, accompanied the dicken of the 1620's ([[Basel 1623 dicken|KM 82]]).
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This specimen was lot 3057 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 850 CHF (about US$1,123 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Halbdicken 1623, Basel. Variante mit spitzem Wappen. Sehr schön.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Basel|canton of Basel]], half dicken of 1623, Basel mint, variety with pointed arms. Very fine.)"</blockquote> The dicken, introduced in the late fifteenth century as competition for the Italian testone, varied in value and weight. By the seventeenth century it had settled down to a humble 24 kreuzer coin. This type, struck 1623 only, accompanied the dicken of the 1620's ([[Basel 1623 dicken|KM 82]]).
  
 
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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.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
  
 
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* [[Basel 1621 thaler Dav-4603|1621 thaler, city arms supported by basilisks]]
 
* [[Basel 1621 thaler Dav-4603|1621 thaler, city arms supported by basilisks]]
 
* [[Basel 1621 2 thaler Dav-4602|1621 double thaler]]
 
* [[Basel 1621 2 thaler Dav-4602|1621 double thaler]]
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* [[Basel 1622 12 kreuzer|1622 12 kreuzer (1/2 dicken)]]
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* [[Basel 1622 12 kreuzer KM-75|1622 12 kreuzer (1/2 dicken), date divided by arms]]
 
* [[Basel 1622 thaler Dav-4603|1622 thaler, city arms supported by basilisks]]
 
* [[Basel 1622 thaler Dav-4603|1622 thaler, city arms supported by basilisks]]
 
* [[Basel 1622 thaler Dav-4604|1622 thaler, city arms in quadrilobe]]
 
* [[Basel 1622 thaler Dav-4604|1622 thaler, city arms in quadrilobe]]
 
* [[Basel 1622 goldgulden Fr-21|1622 goldgulden]]
 
* [[Basel 1622 goldgulden Fr-21|1622 goldgulden]]
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* [[Basel 1623 2 assis|1623 double assis]]
 
* [[Basel 1623 dicken|1623 dicken]]
 
* [[Basel 1623 dicken|1623 dicken]]
 
* [[Basel 1623 1/2 thaler|1623 half thaler]]
 
* [[Basel 1623 1/2 thaler|1623 half thaler]]
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* [[Basel 1623 thaler Dav-4604|1623 thaler]]
 
* [[Basel 1624 1/2 thaler|1624 half thaler]]
 
* [[Basel 1624 1/2 thaler|1624 half thaler]]
 
* [[Basel 1624 thaler Dav-4605|1624 thaler, eagle facing right]]
 
* [[Basel 1624 thaler Dav-4605|1624 thaler, eagle facing right]]
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* [[Basel 1625 thaler Dav-4657|1625 thaler, issued by the bishop]]
 
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1623]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1623]]
  
 
[[Category: Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category: Selections from Sincona sale 88, 89, 90, 91]]
 
[[Category: Coinage of the Swiss cantons]][[Category: Selections from Sincona sale 88, 89, 90, 91]]

Latest revision as of 09:41, 20 June 2025

Sincona sale 91, lot 3057

This specimen was lot 3057 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 850 CHF (about US$1,123 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Halbdicken 1623, Basel. Variante mit spitzem Wappen. Sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, half dicken of 1623, Basel mint, variety with pointed arms. Very fine.)"

The dicken, introduced in the late fifteenth century as competition for the Italian testone, varied in value and weight. By the seventeenth century it had settled down to a humble 24 kreuzer coin. This type, struck 1623 only, accompanied the dicken of the 1620's (KM 82).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 4.27 g.

Catalog reference: KM 81, D.T. 1360, HMZ 2-83i.

Source:

  • 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 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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