Cavallotto Rössler

Features

Issuer	Monetary Union of Uri and Nidwalden (Old Swiss Confederacy)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1506-1529
Value	1 Cavallotto = 1 Rössler = ⅛ Thaler
Currency	Guldiner (1506-1548)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.09 g
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 195157
References	HMZ 2# 970b 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

Crowned double-headed eagle standing on two shields with coats of arms of cantons Uri and Nidwalden.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✥ VRANIE : ET VNDERVALDI

Unabridged legend: Uraniae et Undervaldiae

Reverse

Nimbate Saint Martin riding to right, holding sword in right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✥ S · MARTINVS : EPISCOPVS :

Unabridged legend: Sanctus Martinus Episcopus

Mint

Bellinzona, Switzerland (1503-1548)

Comments

Püntener 26,1ff.

Varieties of this type:

Variety #1
Obverse legend: "✥ VRANIE : ET VNDERVALDI"
Reverse legend: "✥ S · MARTINVS EPICOPVS :"
• Example #1 (3.65g; Good Very Fine):

© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 47, 15 May 2018, Lot 3003. Sold for 3,400 CHF.

Variety #2
Obverse legend: "✥ VRANIE : ET VNDERVALDI"
Reverse legend: "✥ S · MARTINVS : EPISCOPVS :"
• Example #2 (3.84g; Very Fine):

© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 16, 18 October 2013, Lot 6098. Sold for 3,800 CHF.
• Example #3 (3.09g; Fast vorzüglich):

© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Auctioned by UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 79, 10 September 2008, Lot 5457. Estimated at 4,000 CHF.

Variety #3
Obverse: Large eagle; legend: "✥ VR?NIE · ET · VNDERVɅLDI"
Reverse legend: "❀ S · MARTINVS · EPISCOPVS · ❀"
• Example #4 (3.09g; Fine-Very Fine):

© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 16, 18 October 2013, Lot 6099. Sold for 1,200 CHF.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1506-1529)

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