Basel (15)78 60 kreuzer

Sincona sale 94, lot 3024

This specimen was lot 3024 in Sincona sale 94 (Zurich, October 2024), where it sold for 500 CHF (about US$693 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Guldentaler 1578, Basel. Sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, guldenthaler of 1578, Basel mint. Very Fine.)"

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. The 60 kreuzer was the same coin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 23.97 g.

Catalog reference: Winterstein 379, HMZ 2-60q.

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 94: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

Link to:

• 1576 60 kreuzer (guldenthaler)
• Basel 1581 1/2 guldenthaler
• 1583 60 kreuzer (guldenthaler)
• Coins and currency dated 1578