Zug 1609 dicken
This specimen was lot 4600 in Sincona sale 95 (Zurich, October 2024), where it sold for 250 CHF (about US$347 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Zug, Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1609, Zug. Fast vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Zug, dicken of 1609, About Extremely Fine.)"
This type was struck 1609-22. St. Oswald, a British king who converted the Northumbrians, is featured on the obverse. The reverse motto, "CVM·HIS·QVI·OD[ERT]·PACE[M]· ERAM·PACI[FICVS]", translates to, "I remained peaceful to those who hated the peace." A dicken was twenty-four kreuzer or two-fifths gulden.
Record mintage: unknown but a better date.
Specification: 9.1 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 8.89 g.
Catalog reference: KM 20, Wielandt (Zug) 54a, D.T. 1242b, HMZ 2-1092c.
- 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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