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Revision as of 17:10, 3 July 2023
This specimen was lot 6196 in Sincona sale 81 (Zurich, October 2022), where it sold for 1,100 CHF (about US$1,319 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND | Wallis/Valais | Sitten, Bistum, Adrian I. von Riedmatten, 1529-1548. Halbdicken 1542, Sitten. Very rare. Fine-very fine. Scratches and notches." This type was issued by the bishop of Sitten (Sion in French). It was likely intended to be one-sixth of a thaler. The prince-bishopric was secularized and added to the canton of Valais in 1807.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 4.58 g.
Catalog reference: HMZ 2-1033b.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 81, the Max Walty-Hussy Collection: Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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