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[[Image:Sincona91-3715.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3715]] | [[Image:Sincona91-3715.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 91, lot 3715]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3715 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$264 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, 20 Schilling (Halbgulden) 1791, Zürich. Laubrand. Selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. Justiert.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Zurich|canton of Zürich]], Zürich mint. Rare, Extremely fine-uncirculated, Adjustment marks.)"</blockquote> This type was issued 1783, 1786, 1790-92 and 1798 and was worth half a gulden or a quarter thaler. In 1798, the canton of | + | This specimen was lot 3715 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$264 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, 20 Schilling (Halbgulden) 1791, Zürich. Laubrand. Selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. Justiert.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Zurich|canton of Zürich]], Zürich mint. Rare, Extremely fine-uncirculated, Adjustment marks.)"</blockquote> This type was issued 1783, 1786, 1790-92 and 1798 and was worth half a gulden or a quarter thaler. In 1798, the canton of Zürich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:37, 10 January 2026
This specimen was lot 3715 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$264 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, 20 Schilling (Halbgulden) 1791, Zürich. Laubrand. Selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. Justiert. (Switzerland, canton of Zürich, Zürich mint. Rare, Extremely fine-uncirculated, Adjustment marks.)"
This type was issued 1783, 1786, 1790-92 and 1798 and was worth half a gulden or a quarter thaler. In 1798, the canton of Zürich was forcibly incorporated into the Helvetic Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon or silver, this specimen 7.32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 173, Hürlimann 842, D.T. 448d, HMZ 2-1166pp.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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