Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2020 NYINC Auction 17-18 Jan 2020
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SWITZERLAND. Bern. 5 Ducats, 1501. NGC VF Details--Mount Removed.
41mm; 17.3 gms. Fr-104 (this coin plated); HMZ-Unlisted. Obverse: SANCTVS VINCENEIVS, St. Vincent standing left, holding Gospels and quill; all within polylobe; Reverse: Bear left below double eagle; seven coats-of-arms around; additional 20 coats-of-arms in outer border. An incredibly massive and EXTREMELY RARE gold issue, this weighty piece features a fairly early date for a coin of its metal while also serving as one of the last appearances of purely Catholic religious iconography in the coinage of a Canton soon to be dominated by Calvin and Zwingli during the struggles of the Reformation. Its only real detraction is its prior use as a jewelry piece, as evidenced by some work around the edge and rims. Nevertheless, it's presence today could very well be due to this 'safekeeping' in jewelry, as there would have been numerous opportunities for it to have been melted down for recoining or other purposes over the centuries.
Ex: Stack's (1/2008) Lot # 3364.
41mm; 17.3 gms. Fr-104 (this coin plated); HMZ-Unlisted. Obverse: SANCTVS VINCENEIVS, St. Vincent standing left, holding Gospels and quill; all within polylobe; Reverse: Bear left below double eagle; seven coats-of-arms around; additional 20 coats-of-arms in outer border. An incredibly massive and EXTREMELY RARE gold issue, this weighty piece features a fairly early date for a coin of its metal while also serving as one of the last appearances of purely Catholic religious iconography in the coinage of a Canton soon to be dominated by Calvin and Zwingli during the struggles of the Reformation. Its only real detraction is its prior use as a jewelry piece, as evidenced by some work around the edge and rims. Nevertheless, it's presence today could very well be due to this 'safekeeping' in jewelry, as there would have been numerous opportunities for it to have been melted down for recoining or other purposes over the centuries.
Ex: Stack's (1/2008) Lot # 3364.
Ex: LHS 95 (10/2005) Lot # 350.
Ex: SBV-Basel 5 (1977) Lot # 355.
Estimate: $30000.00- $40000.00