20 Goldgulden
Features
| Issuer |
City of Lucerne
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Free imperial city (1415-1648)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1557 |
| Value | 20 Ducats (60) |
| Currency | Thaler (1550-1656) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 65.3 g |
| Diameter | 46.0 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 291899 |
| References | Wielandt Luzern# 30 Friedrich Wielandt; 1969. Münz- und Geldgeschichte des Standes Luzern. Schweizerischer Bankverein, Luzern, Switzerland. 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). Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes).Franz Haas-Zumbühl; 1895. “Die Münzen des Standes Luzern”, Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau = Revue Suisse de Numismatique (Swiss Numismatic Review), Volume 5, pages 137-224. |
Obverse
Saint Leodegar facing left, sitting on a gothic throne, nimbate, wearing mitre and regalia. A soldier to the left, wearing sword, gouging the right eye of the saint with a drill. Tiled floor below.
Lettering: 1557 ✥ S ✥ LEODIGARI⁹ ✥ PATR' ✥ LVCERNE'
Translation:
Sanctus Leodigarius Patronus Lucernae.
Saint Leodegar, patron of Lucerne.
Reverse
Crowned coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire depicting double headed eagle. Coat of arms of Lucerne below; left half hatched; right half plain. Two lions supporting the two coats of arms. Coats of arms of the 15 bailiwicks on square shields around; clockwise: Rothenburg, Entlebuch, Sempach, Triengen, Malters, Kriens, Merenschwand, Ebikon, Weggis, Horw, Habsburg, Münster, Sursee, Ruswil, and Willisau.
Mint
Lucerne, SwitzerlandComments
Gold strike with the dies of the 1557 thaler.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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