(sold for $171.0)

1622, Switzerland, Schaffhausen (Canton). Large Silver Thaler Coin. aVF!

Mint Year: 1622 Denomination: Thaler Mint Place: Schaffhausen Reference: Davenport 4627, KM-25 ($250 in VF!). R!  Condition: Scratches and graffiti markings (old money changer´s signs), edge filing (old silver-test marks?) and light deposits, weakly struck reverse, otherwise about VF! Weight: 28.52gm Diameter: 41mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Ram jumping out of city gate. Date (1622) above. Legend: + MONETA + NOVA + SCAFVSENSIS
  Reverse: Heraldic double headed eagle at chest. Legend:  + DEVS  + SPES NOSTRA + EST +

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.