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[[Image:Sincona97-3032.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 97, lot 3032]] | [[Image:Sincona97-3032.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 97, lot 3032]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3032 in SINCONA Auction 97 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3032 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$ including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Doppelassis 1623, Basel. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Basel|city and canton of Basel]], Rare in this condition, Very Fine-Extremely Fine.)"</blockquote> The SCWC lists this type for 1623, 1624, [[Basel 1634 2 assis|1634]], 1638 and undated. It also occurs in klippe format (KM 74a). The double assis was 1/20 of a thaler. |
''Recorded mintage'': unknown. | ''Recorded mintage'': unknown. | ||
Revision as of 11:19, 10 June 2025
This specimen was lot 3032 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$ including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Doppelassis 1623, Basel. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Switzerland, city and canton of Basel, Rare in this condition, Very Fine-Extremely Fine.)"
The SCWC lists this type for 1623, 1624, 1634, 1638 and undated. It also occurs in klippe format (KM 74a). The double assis was 1/20 of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 3.15 g, billon, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 3.38 g.
Catalog reference: KM 74, D.T. 1362b, HMZ 2-85b.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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