St. Gall 1505 dicken

Sincona sale 68, lot 5413

This specimen was lot 5413 in Sincona sale 68 (Zürich, October 2020), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,053 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND | St. Gallen | Stadt und Kanton, Dicken 1505, St. Gallen. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Feine Patina und überdurchschnittlich gut ausgeprägt. (city and canton of St. Gall, dicken of 1505, Very fine-extremely fine, Nicely toned and extraordinarily well struck.)"

The dicken, so called because it was thicker than most contemporary coins, was worth a quarter thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.6 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 9.69 g.

Catalog reference: TZN 15a, HMZ 2-887e.

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]Jürg Richter, Auction 68, Swiss Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2020.

Link to:

• St. Gall 1501 1/2 batzen
• St. Gall 1503 dicken
• 1509 dicken
• Coins and currency dated 1505
• return to coins of St. Gall