fwo_759673 - SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA 5 Francs Helvetia assise 1851 Paris

SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA 5 Francs Helvetia assise 1851 Paris VF

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Type : 5 Francs Helvetia assise

Date: 1851

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : 500000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 37 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 24,76 g.

Edge : cannelée

Coments on the condition:

monnaie nettoyée

Catalogue references :

HMZ.2-1197a - KM19/11

Obverse

Obverse legend : HELVETIA.

Obverse description : La Suisse assise à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un écu à ses armes devant un paysage montagneux, signature A. BOVY ; à l'exergue les différents.

Reverse

Reverse legend : 5 FR.// 1851// A.

Reverse description : Couronne formée d’une branche de chêne et d’une branche de lis.

Commentary

Le chiffre de frappe est de 500.000 exemplaires pour les années 1850 et 1851 confondues.

Historical background

SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA

(since 1848)

Switzerland formed a Confederation in 1848. It adopted the Swiss Franc, aligned with the French Franc in 1850. It joined the Latin Union in December 1865. It remained neutral during the two world wars and later grew rich thanks to its banks.

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Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA

(since 1848)

Switzerland formed a Confederation in 1848. It adopted the Swiss Franc, aligned with the French Franc in 1850. It joined the Latin Union in December 1865. It remained neutral during the two world wars and later grew rich thanks to its banks.

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