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| − | This specimen was lot 34283 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $399.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Zurich. City 20 Schilling 1767 MS64 NGC. Also known as a 1/2 Gulden, this coin has a very good strike for the issue, and frosty toning. We expect a premium bid for this frosty specimen. From the Redwood Collection, Part II." This type was issued intermittently 1718-68. According to the SCWC, 72 schilling = one thaler, so 20 schilling = 5/18 thaler = one gulden. Normally, in southern Germany, one gulden = 2/3 thaler (48 schilling) but during the eighteenth century, the gulden slipped to half a thaler. In 1798, the canton of | + | This specimen was lot 34283 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $399.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Zurich. City 20 Schilling 1767 MS64 NGC. Also known as a 1/2 Gulden, this coin has a very good strike for the issue, and frosty toning. We expect a premium bid for this frosty specimen. From the Redwood Collection, Part II." This type was issued intermittently 1718-68. According to the SCWC, 72 schilling = one thaler, so 20 schilling = 5/18 thaler = one gulden. Normally, in southern Germany, one gulden = 2/3 thaler (48 schilling) but during the eighteenth century, the gulden slipped to half a thaler. In 1798, the canton of Zürich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:36, 10 January 2026
This specimen was lot 34283 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $399.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Zurich. City 20 Schilling 1767 MS64 NGC. Also known as a 1/2 Gulden, this coin has a very good strike for the issue, and frosty toning. We expect a premium bid for this frosty specimen. From the Redwood Collection, Part II." This type was issued intermittently 1718-68. According to the SCWC, 72 schilling = one thaler, so 20 schilling = 5/18 thaler = one gulden. Normally, in southern Germany, one gulden = 2/3 thaler (48 schilling) but during the eighteenth century, the gulden slipped to half a thaler. In 1798, the canton of Zürich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7.57 g, silver, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 137, HMZ-21166ff.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3049, featuring the Ohio Valley Collection, the Redwood Collection and the F.P. Briand Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2016.
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