Bissolo Spagürli

Features

Location	Monetary Union of Uri and Nidwalden (Old Swiss Confederacy)
Type	Contemporary counterfeits
Years	1506-1529
Value	1 Bissolo = 1⁄480 Guldiner
Currency	Guldiner (1506-1548)
Composition	Copper
Weight	0.38 g
Diameter	11.5 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 195298
References	HMZ 2# 975 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). , SMK8 Wld# 31a August Püntener, Dietrich Walo Hermann Schwarz; 1983. Schweizerische Münzkataloge / Band 8. Die Münzprägung der drei Länder Uri, Schwyz und Nidwalden in Bellinzona und Altdorf. Die Münzen von Uri. Die Münzen von Nidwalden. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, Bern, Switzerland.

Series: Bissolo

Obverse

Municipal coat of arms of Bellinzona: erect "Biscione" serpent in silver on a red field. The Biscione is linked to the Visconti family, who were feudal lords of Bellinzona in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VRA · VNDERVALD

Unabridged legend: Uraniae et Undervaldiae

Reverse

Cross fleury with pellets in quarters.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MONETA

Mint

Bellinzona, Switzerland (1503-1548)

Comments

Examples of this type:

• Example #1 (About Extremely Fine):

© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 6, 23 May 2012, Lot 2619. Sold for 1,250 CHF.
◦ Auctioned by Münzen & Medaillen AG, Auktion 79, Lot 747, Basel 1994.

• Example #2 (0.35g, Very Fine):

© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 16, 18 October 2013, Lot 6101. Sold for 375 CHF.

• Example #3 (0.36g, Good Very Fine):

© Image courtesy of Sincona AG
◦ Ex-Ruedi Kunzman Collection.
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 57, 21 May 2019, Lot 4063. Sold for 600 CHF.
◦ Auctioned by SINCONA AG, Auction 44, 25 October 2017, Lot 5884. Estimated at 500 CHF, unsold.

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

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