(Vendue pour $57.0)

1633, Switzerland, Schaffhausen (Canton). Scarce Silver Dicken Coin. aXF!

Mint Year: 1633 Denomination: Dicken Mint Place: Schaffhausen Reference: HMZ-2765n,  KM-42 ($250 in VF!). R!  Condition: Toning spots, otherwise about XF for this early hammered issue! Diameter: 30mm Weight: 8.23gm Material: Silver

Obverse: Ram jumping out of city gate. Date (1621) above. Legend: + MONETA + NOVA + SCAFVSENSIS
  Reverse: Heraldic double headed eagle at chest. Date (.1633.) in exergue. Legend:  + DEVS  . SPES - NOSTRA  EST Exergue: . 1633 . 

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.