Catalogus
Volledige afbeeldingen bekijken — gratis registratie
Doorgaan met Google — het is gratis
of registreer met e-mail
Waarom registreren? Alleen om bots buiten ons catalogus te houden. Uw e-mail blijft privé — we delen het nooit en sturen u niets zonder uw toestemming. Dat garanderen wij u!
1/2 Dicken Gold strike of ducat
| Uitgever | City of Lucerne |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1621-1622 |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
| Diameter | Log in om details te zien |
| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Techniek | Hammered |
| Oriëntatie | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
|---|---|
| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | MONETA + NOVA + LVCERNENSI 1621 (Translation: Moneta nova Lucernensis. New coin of Lucerne.) |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Schrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Rand | Plain |
| Muntplaats | Log in om details te zien |
| Oplage | Log in om details te zien |
| Aanvullende informatie |
The early 1620s were catastrophic for Swiss monetary stability. The Kipper und Wipperzeit — the great debasement crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire and its neighbors — flooded markets with underweight, clipped, and alloyed small silver coinage, collapsing public confidence in circulating money. Lucerne's response was conservative and deliberate: restrike fractional silver types in gold as pattern-grade pieces, likely for presentation to civic officials or allied cantons rather than any circulation purpose.
The ducat-weight gold strike of the half Dicken sits at the intersection of monetary politics and civic pride during one of the worst currency crises early modern Europe had yet seen.