Zug 1752 1/6 assis
This specimen was lot 5089 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 3,000 CHF (about US$4,015 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND Zug, 1/6 Assis 1752, Zug. Grosses geschweiftes Wappen ohne Bogeneinfassung. Mittelbalken gepunktet. Rv. Vier Zeilen Schrift. Äusserst seltene und bis jetzt unedierte Variante. Sehr schön (canton of Zug, one-sixth assis of 1752, Zug mint. Obverse: large arms with dot in center; reverse: four line inscription. Extremely rare and until now unpublished variety, Very fine).
Tobler hat in seiner Arbeit zu den 1/2 Assis von Zug erwähnt, dass die Neuentdeckung weiterer Varianten wahrscheinlich sei, was in den letzten 25 Jahren auch tatsächlich stattgefunden hat. Allerdings hat nur gerade ein Stempel aller 105 von Tobler erfassten Varianten einen gepunkteten Mittelbalken (1/6 Assis 1747 / Tobler 17a). Tobler has mentioned in his work on the 1/2 Assis of Zug that the rediscovery of further variants is probable, which has indeed taken place in the last 25 years. However, only one of all 105 variants recorded by Tobler has a dotted center bar (1/6 Assis 1747 / Tobler 17a)."
The SCWC lists this type for 1747-52, 1756-57, 1761-67. Like many low denomination coins, it is common in low grade but rare in choice condition, no contemporaries thinking it worth hoarding. It was equal to the angster.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.2 g, billon, 12 mm diameter, this specimen 0.23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 56, Tobler (1/6 Assis) 22 var. D.T. 645e, HMZ 2-1105v.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Richter, Juerg, 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 83, World and Swiss Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
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