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[[Image:S81-06198.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 81, lot 6198]] | [[Image:S81-06198.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 81, lot 6198]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 6198 in Sincona sale 81 ( | + | This specimen was lot 6198 in Sincona sale 81 (Zürich, October 2022), where it sold for 350 CHF (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "SWITZERLAND | Wallis/Valais | [[Switzerland, Bern|Sitten, Bistum]], Adrian V. von Riedmatten, 1672-1701. Vierer 1685. Extremely fine. Minor edge clip." This one year type was issued by the bishop of Sitten (Sion in French). Two vierer made a kreuzer and four kreuzer made a batzen. The Riedmatten family contributed six bishops of Sion and controlled the diocese 1529-45, 1565-1613, 1640-1701. The prince-bishopric was secularized and added to the canton of Valais in 1807. |
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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, Juerg, 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, Juerg, 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 81, the Max Walty-Hussy Collection: Coins and Medals,'' | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 81, the Max Walty-Hussy Collection: Coins and Medals,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022. |
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| − | * [[Sitten | + | * [[Sitten (16)83 1/2 batzen|(16)83 half batzen]] |
| + | * [[Sitten 1683 batzen KM-21|1683 batzen, date in legend]] | ||
* [[Sitten 1709 1/2 batzen]] | * [[Sitten 1709 1/2 batzen]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1685]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1685]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 78, 79, 80, 81]][[Category: Coinage of the Swiss cantons]] | [[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 78, 79, 80, 81]][[Category: Coinage of the Swiss cantons]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:24, 20 June 2025
This specimen was lot 6198 in Sincona sale 81 (Zürich, October 2022), where it sold for 350 CHF (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND | Wallis/Valais | Sitten, Bistum, Adrian V. von Riedmatten, 1672-1701. Vierer 1685. Extremely fine. Minor edge clip." This one year type was issued by the bishop of Sitten (Sion in French). Two vierer made a kreuzer and four kreuzer made a batzen. The Riedmatten family contributed six bishops of Sion and controlled the diocese 1529-45, 1565-1613, 1640-1701. The prince-bishopric was secularized and added to the canton of Valais in 1807.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 0.50 g.
Catalog reference: KM 23, D.T. 1629, HMZ 2-1063a.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Richter, Juerg, 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 81, the Max Walty-Hussy Collection: Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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