E-auction 48-20350 - fre_319169 - SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF SCHAFFHAUSEN Thaler 1620 Schaffhouse

SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF SCHAFFHAUSEN Thaler 1620 Schaffhouse VF

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Estimate :	120 €
Price :	130 €
Maximum bid :	146 €
End of the sale :	17 March 2014 17:09:00
bidders :	9 bidders

Type : Thaler

Date: 1620

Mint name / Town : Schaffhouse

Metal : silver

Diameter : 39,8 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 27,27 g.

Coments on the condition:

Usure régulière

Catalogue references :

HMZ.2-786

Obverse

Obverse legend : (TRÈFLE) MONETA: NOVA: SACFVSENSI.

Obverse description : Bélier sortant d’un temple ; au-dessus 16Z0.

Obverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle de Schaffhouse).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + DEVS* SPES* NOSTRA* EST.

Reverse description : Aigle.

Reverse translation : (Notre espérance est en Dieu).

Commentary

Ce type de thaler fut frappé de 1602 à 1624 puis de nouveau en 1656. Le bélier sortant d’un temple est aussi présent sur l’écu de la ville de Schaffhouse.

Historical background

SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF SCHAFFHAUSEN

In 1454, the free imperial city of Schaffhausen allied itself with the Confederates. In 1501, it entered the Confederation (12th canton) and adopted the Reformation in 1529.