Haldenstein 1752 albus

Sincona sale 47, lot 2821

This specimen was lot 2821 in Sincona sale 47 (Zurich, May 2018), where it sold for 1,600 CHF (about US$1,920 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND, Grisons, Haldenstein, Herrschaft, Thomas von Salis, 1737-1783. Albus 1752, Haldenstein. Selten. FDC. (lordship of Haldenstein, Thomas of Salis, 1737-83, albus of 1752, Haldenstein mint. Rare, Uncirculated.)"

We believe this rare type was equal to four kreuzer. Haldenstein is today a village of less than a thousand people and two and a half centuries ago can not have numbered more than a few hundred.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 1.27 g.

Catalog reference: D.T. 930, HMZ 2-561a, KM 100.

Source:

• 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]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2018.

Link to:

• 1691 gulden
• Coins and currency dated 1752
• return to coins of Switzerland, Haldenstein