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Live auction - fwo_548801 - SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA 5 Franken, concours de tir de Zurich 1872

SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA 5 Franken, concours de tir de Zurich 1872  AU
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Estimate : 225 €
Price : 166 €
Maximum bid : 167 €
End of the sale : 29 October 2019 18:07:30
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : 5 Franken, concours de tir de Zurich
Date: 1872
Quantity minted : 10000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire légèrement frotté mais couvert d’une jolie patine grise brillante
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : FUR FREIHEIT - UND VATERLAND.
Obverse description : Helvetia, couronnée et debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main gauche levée ; à l’exergue signature F. Landry.
Obverse translation : (Pour la liberté et la patrie).

Reverse


Reverse legend : EIDGENOSSISCHES. SCHÜTZENFEST. IN. ZÜRICH. 1872..
Reverse description : Écu festonné dans une couronne formée d'une branche de chêne et d'une branche d'olivier, sur deux fusils en sautoir et un faisceau, au-dessus bannière inscrite ALLE FÜR EINEN - EINEN FÜR ALLE.
Reverse translation : (Fête confédérative de tir de Zurich - Tous pour un, un pour tous).

Commentary


Appelés parfois thalers de tir, ces “monnaies” sont en réalité des médailles au module des écus de 5 francs avec les mêmes titre et le poids. La série comprend quinze pièces : Solothurn 1855, Berne 1857, Zurich 1859, Stans 1861, La-Chaux-de-Fonds 1863, Schaffhausen 1865, Schwyz 1867, Zug 1869, Zurich 1872, St-Gallen 1874, Lausanne 1876, Bâle 1879, Fribourg 1881, Lugano 1883 et Berne 1885.
Sometimes called shooting thalers, these “coins” are in reality medals in the size of 5 franc ecus with the same fineness and weight. The series includes fifteen coins: Solothurn 1855, Bern 1857, Zurich 1859, Stans 1861, La-Chaux-de-Fonds 1863, Schaffhausen 1865, Schwyz 1867, Zug 1869, Zurich 1872, St-Gallen 1874, Lausanne 1876, Basel 1879, Fribourg 1881, Lugano 1883 and Bern 1885

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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