Basel 1632 dicken
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This specimen was lot 4043 in Sincona sale 95 (Zurich, October 2024), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$624 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1632, Basel. Seltener Jahrgang. Gutes sehr schön. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, Los 5154. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, dicken of 1632, Basel mint. Rare date, Good Very Fine, Flan flaw on edge.)"
The dicken was 24 kreuzer or 4/15 of a thaler. This type is listed for 1623, 1632-36.
Record mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.2 g, silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 8.66 g.
Catalog reference: KM 82, D.T. 1352b, HMZ 2-81c.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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