Uri 1619 schilling

Sincona sale 102, lot 5552

This specimen was lot 5552 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$980 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ. Uri. Schilling 1619, Altdorf. Selten. Gutes sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion SINCONA 53, Zürich, Oktober 2018, Los 6819. (Switzerland, canton of Uri, schilling of 1619, Altdorf mint. Rare, Good Very Fine.)"

This type was struck 1605, 1608-21. Most dates are fairly common in worn condition. One thaler was forty schilling.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a rare date.

Specification: 1.1 g, billon, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 0.93 g.

Catalog reference: KM 5, D.T. 1211m, HMZ 2-989l (this example pictured).

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.
• ^[1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

Link to:

• 1618 schilling
• 1618 dicken
• 1620 dicken
• 1621 schilling
• Coins and currency dated 1619