Basel 1565 guldenthaler

Sincona sale 102, lot 5033

This specimen was lot 5033 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 300 CHF (about US$452 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Guldentaler 1565, Basel. Schön-sehr schön. Gestopftes Loch. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, guldenthaler of 1565, Basel mint. Fine-Very Fine, Plugged.)"

The guldenthaler was sixty kreuzer which, in the early part of the sixteenth century, was equal to a thaler. In the later part of the sixteenth century, the thaler rose to 72 kreuzer, making the guldenthaler 5/6 of a thaler. 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. This type was struck 1564-88 along with a thirty kreuzer (half guldenthaler).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 24 g, silver, 38 mm diameter, this specimen 23.65 g.

Catalog reference: Winterstein (Taler) 210, HMZ 2-60c.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• 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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

Link to:

• 1564 60 kreuzer (guldenthaler)
• 1565 10 kreuzer
• 1566 60 kreuzer (guldenthaler)
• Coins and currency dated 1565