E-auction 516-430024 - fwo_821705 - SWITZERLAND 1 Centime Croix Suisse 1944 Berne - B

SWITZERLAND 1 Centime Croix Suisse 1944 Berne - B AU

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Estimate :	10 €
Price :	7 €
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	06 March 2023 19:43:00

Type : 1 Centime Croix Suisse

Date: 1944

Mint name / Town : Berne - B

Quantity minted : 11825000

Metal : zinc

Diameter : 16 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,20 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

quelques restes de brillant de frappe

Catalogue references :

HMZ.2-1215vvv - KM20/3a

Obverse

Obverse legend : HELVETIA // 1944.

Obverse description : Écu à la croix entre deux rameaux surmonté d’un chapeau.

Reverse

Reverse legend : 1 // B.

Reverse description : Dans le champ, couronne de rameaux d’olivier.

Commentary

Entre 1942 et 1946 du fait de la pénurie de métaux pendant la guerre, les monnaies sont frappées sur des flans en zinc.
Between 1942 and 1946, due to the shortage of metals during the war, coins were struck on zinc blanks.