(sold for $12.0)

16??, Switzerland, Schaffhausen (Canton). Scarce Silver Dicken Coin. VF+

Mint Year: 1616?
Denomination: Dicken
Mint Place: Schaffhausen
Reference: HMZ 2-765, KM-18.
Condition: Weakness of strike (typical for this early coinage), otherwise VF+
Diameter: 30mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 9.11gm

Obverse: Ram jumping out of city gate. Date not visible (probably "16" for "1616", considering the long legends and less space remaining for the date) in legend.
Legend: MO : NO : SCAFVSENSIS . 16? .

Reverse: Heraldic double headed eagle at chest.
Legend: * DEVS * SPES * NOST * RAEST

Schaffhausen was a city state in the Middle Ages, documented to have struck its own coins starting in 1045. For a time it was under Habsburg domination, but regained its independence in 1415. It allied itself with Zurich in 1457, and became a full member of the Swiss Confederation in 1501. The first railroad came to Schaffhausen in 1857. Schaffhausen is located in a finger of Swiss territory surrounded on three sides by Germany.