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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. | * 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. | * Winterstein, Christian, ''Die Taler Von Basel,'' Basel: Schweizerischer Bankverein Basel, 1983. | ||
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' | + | * <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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* [[Basel 1571 1/2 guldenthaler|1571 ½ guldenthaler (30 kreuzer)]] | * [[Basel 1571 1/2 guldenthaler|1571 ½ guldenthaler (30 kreuzer)]] | ||
* [[Basel 1574 guldenthaler|1574 60 kreuzer (guldenthaler)]] | * [[Basel 1574 guldenthaler|1574 60 kreuzer (guldenthaler)]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1573]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1573]] | ||
[[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 09:42, 20 June 2025
This specimen was lot 4033 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 300 CHF (about US$416 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Halber Guldentaler 1573, Basel. Sehr selten. Schön. Korrodiert. Exemplar der Auktion SINCONA 51, Zürich, Oktober 2018, Los 4013. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, half gulden thaler of 1573, Basel mint. Very rare, Fine, Corroded.)"
This type was struck 1566, 1571-73, 1576, 1581, 1584 and undated. Tho marked thirty kreuzer, it is universally catalogued as a half guldenthaler. Later, in the seventeenth century, the thaler rose to ninety kreuzer, making the gulden (the "thaler" part of the name was dropped) two-thirds of a thaler.
Record mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.83 g, silver, 33 mm diameter, this specimen 11.40 g.
Catalog reference: Winterstein (Taler) 422, HMZ 2-62j.
- 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 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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