Basel 1640 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 2538 in Sincona sale 47 (Zurich, May 2018), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$180 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND, Basel, Stadt und Kanton Basel, Halbtaler 1640. Fast sehr schön. (city and canton of Basel, half thaler of 1640. About very fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 13.53 g.
Catalog reference: Winterstein 149. D.T. 1347, HMZ 2-80j; KM 89.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- ♥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.
- Winterstein, Christian, Die Taler Von Basel, Basel: Schweizerischer Bankverein Basel, 1983.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2018
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