Basel (15)71 1/2 guldenthaler
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This specimen was lot 3062 in Sincona Auction 105 (Zürich, May 2026), where it sold for 1,000 CHF (about US$1,524 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Halber Guldentaler 1571, Basel. Selten. Fast sehr schön. Oxidiert. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, half guldenthaler of 1571. Rare, About Very Fine, Corroded.)"
This type was struck 1566, 1571-73, 1576, 1581, 1584 and undated. Thirty kreuzer was then 5/12 of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.8 g, silver, this specimen 11.38 g.
Catalog reference: Winterstein (Taler) 417. HMZ 2-62g.
- 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.
- Winterstein, Christian, Die Taler Von Basel, Basel: Schweizerischer Bankverein Basel, 1983.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Michael Hardmeier, Michael Otto, Arne Kirsch, Ruedi Kunsmann and Timur Demirai, SINCONA Auction 105: The Konrad Bürki Collection of Swiss Cantonal Coins - Part 5, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2026.
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