Luzern 1638 batzen

Sincona sale 47, lot 2853

This specimen was lot 2853 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 250 CHF (about US$300 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND, Lucerne, Stadt und Kanton, Batzen 1638. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. (city and canton of Lucerne, batzen of 1638. Rare in this condition, Extremely fine.)"

This one year type is the last of the denomination listed for the seventeenth century. Ten rappen made a batzen and forty batzen made a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 2.50 g.

Catalog reference: D.T. 1175, HMZ 2-637c; KM 29.

Source:

• 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, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018

Link to:

• 1622 thaler
• 1623 schilling
• 1623 dicken
• 1647 dicken
• Coins and currency dated 1638
• return to coins of Switzerland, Lucern