SWITZERLAND. Zurich. Half gold crown no date (circa 1560) (gold, 21 mm, 1.64 g, 12 h), double-headed eagle with crown. •RESPVBLICA•TIGVRINA. Rev. .DOMINE•SERVA•NOS.IN.PACE Friedberg 430. HMZ 2-1120a. Hürlimann 271. Wunderly 54. Very rare. About extremely fine. Ex Sincona 103, 19 May 2026, 1568 (without further pedigree), and from the Switzerland Collection Part 2, Leu 84, 22 October 2002, 840.These gold crowns were introduced to meet Zurich's growing 16th-century demand for gold coinage that could circle widely in international trade. Rather than relying on the traditional medieval gold gulden, the city created the full and half gold crowns, with this engraved by none other than the known the engraver Jakob Stampfer (1505/6-1579) This lot can be shipped to a US address.