Vierer
Features
| Issuer |
City of Basel
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Free city
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1566 (1501-1600) |
| Value | 1 Vierer = 4 Pfennig (1⁄120) |
| Currency | Guldenthaler (1564-1588, 1616) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.57 g |
| Diameter | 17 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 90024 |
| References | HMZ 2# 68 Jürg Richter, Ruedi Kunzmann. Der neue HMZ-Katalog. Band 2 - Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins : 15./16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). |
Obverse
Arms of Basel within beaded circle.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ✠ MON NO + BASILIENSIS
Unabridged legend: Moneta Nova Basilensis
Reverse
Cross within beaded circle.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ✠ DA + PACEM + DOMINE
Unabridged legend: Da Pacem Domine
Mint
Basel, SwitzerlandComments
Varieties of this type:
HMZ: 2-68a
Gothic lettering.
HMZ: 2-68b
Gothic and Roman lettering.
HMZ: 2-68c
Roman lettering.
Obverse legend: "✠ MONETA NO + BASILE"
Reverse legend: "✠ DA + PACEM + DOMINE"
• Example #1 (Fine-Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 53, 25 October 2018, Lot 6071. Sold for 2,400 CHF as part of a lot of two.
HMZ: 2-68d, 1566
Obverse legend: "✠ MONETA NO + BASILIEN"
Reverse legend: "✠ DA + PACEM + DOMINE"
The dated varieties of 1566 are described in Schweizer Münzblätter Dec. 2006, Issue 224, pp. 107/108. R. Kunzmann, Rare Swiss Small Coins IV. This Vierer was one of the first coins of the newly employed mint master Jakob Wohnlich from Lucerne, who used to cut the date in his dies. The comparison shows that the Lucerne Kreuzers have the same numbers 6 and letter style.
• Example #2 (Fine-Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 53, 25 October 2018, Lot 6071. Sold for 2,400 CHF as part of a lot of two.
Reverse lettering of "GLORIA..." and "SALVE..." are HMZ# 2-55 from the 15th century (see link below).
HMZ: 2-68a
Gothic lettering.
HMZ: 2-68b
Gothic and Roman lettering.
HMZ: 2-68c
Roman lettering.
Obverse legend: "✠ MONETA NO + BASILE"
Reverse legend: "✠ DA + PACEM + DOMINE"
• Example #1 (Fine-Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 53, 25 October 2018, Lot 6071. Sold for 2,400 CHF as part of a lot of two.
HMZ: 2-68d, 1566
Obverse legend: "✠ MONETA NO + BASILIEN"
Reverse legend: "✠ DA + PACEM + DOMINE"
The dated varieties of 1566 are described in Schweizer Münzblätter Dec. 2006, Issue 224, pp. 107/108. R. Kunzmann, Rare Swiss Small Coins IV. This Vierer was one of the first coins of the newly employed mint master Jakob Wohnlich from Lucerne, who used to cut the date in his dies. The comparison shows that the Lucerne Kreuzers have the same numbers 6 and letter style.
• Example #2 (Fine-Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 53, 25 October 2018, Lot 6071. Sold for 2,400 CHF as part of a lot of two.
Reverse lettering of "GLORIA..." and "SALVE..." are HMZ# 2-55 from the 15th century (see link below).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1501-1600) | HMZ: 2-68a | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1501-1600) | HMZ: 2-68b | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1501-1600) | HMZ: 2-68c | ||||||||||||||
| 1566 | HMZ: 2-68d | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 90
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