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[[Image:Sincona91-3614.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3614]] | [[Image:Sincona91-3614.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3614]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3614 in Sincona sale 91 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3614 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$264 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, Sechser 1584, Zürich. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion SINCONA 6, Zürich, Mai 2012, Los 3400.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Zurich|canton of Zurich]], Very rare in this condition, Very fine-extremely fine.)"</blockquote> We don't know the face value of this coin but we guess from the weight that it was half a [[Zurich (15)88 schilling|schilling]]. Some undated sechsers (KM B12) are listed without photos in the SCWC; we don't know if they are the same as this. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 08:58, 11 June 2025
This specimen was lot 3614 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$264 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, Sechser 1584, Zürich. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion SINCONA 6, Zürich, Mai 2012, Los 3400. (Switzerland, canton of Zurich, Very rare in this condition, Very fine-extremely fine.)"
We don't know the face value of this coin but we guess from the weight that it was half a schilling. Some undated sechsers (KM B12) are listed without photos in the SCWC; we don't know if they are the same as this.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.84 g, billon, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 0.69 g.
Catalog reference: KM B12?, Hürlimann 1129, HMZ 2-1131g.
- 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), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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