Basel (15)74 guldenthaler

Sincona sale 70, lot 3069

This specimen was lot 3069 in Sincona sale 70 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 950 CHF (about US$1,261 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND | Basel | Stadt und Kanton. Guldentaler 1574, Basel. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Switzerland, city and canton of Basel, gulden of 1574, Basel mint. Rare in this condition, Very fine-extremely 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.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 24.49 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-158 (two digit date), Winterstein (Taler) zu 305, HMZ 2-60m.

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]Jürg Richter, Auction 70, Swiss Coins and Medals and Rarities in Gold, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2021.

Link to:

• (15)71 60 kreuzer (guldenthaler)
• 1573 ½ guldenthaler (30 kreuzer)
• (15)75 60 kreuzer (guldenthaler)
• Coins and currency dated 1574