zurich thaler 1559 info wanted

[muntmichiel]

It seems that for the 1559 thaler from zurich a few different versions were made. My catalogs don't go that far. Does anybody have a catalog that covers this item?
I need to know the difference between the versions and the size/weights.

I someone has pictures that will be really great.

I Need this information because I'm planning to buy this coin.

(replying in german is no problem, writing for me is difficult, reading is ok for me.)

[Batzenfreund]

Dear muntmichiel,
In these years, Zurch had 2 mintmasters who worked parallely and with absolute different styles. 1554-1561 Hans Gutenson with his archaic style and 1558-1563 Hans Jacob I. Stampfer. Stampfer was the rael artist and he produced beautiful coins. This is the reason, why we have 3 different typs of talers 1559.
- Taler from Gutenson
- Taler from Stampfer with revers: 9 arms in circle
- Taler from Stampfer with revers: eagle with 2 heads.
Literature: Neuer HMZ-Katalog 2-1123 h), i) and j)
Have a nice day and kind regards
Batzenfreund

[Batzenfreund]

Hallo muntmichiel,
I forgot to mention: You can find pictures from these talers in coinarchives (you rather need to be member) or also in www.mcsearch.info .
Batzenfreund

[muntmichiel]

I've got a very little picture from the coin. It's not in my hands yet.
I think its a fake one if I compare it with these pictures:
http://www.rhinocoins.com/swiss/zuri8.html

[muntmichiel]

I think its the stampfer double headed eagle, R4 class. So its very likely to be a fake one.

[Batzenfreund]

Yes, dear muntmichiel,
Talers from Stampfer, where the end of the tail is going far into the word CONSE / RVA are often fakes. Be carefull!
Batzenfreund