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v16_1996 - SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION 5 francs 1851 Paris

SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION 5 francs 1851 Paris VF
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 207.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 253.00 €
Type : 5 francs
Date: 1851
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 360000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,84 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Coups sur la tranche et les listels, notamment à une et quatre heures au droit et cinq heures au revers. Petit choc sous la main tendue d’Helvetia. Exemplaire astiqué avec usure régulière de circulation
Catalogue references :

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


Frappe médaille.

Historical background


SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION

(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. Tir coins were produced every two to three years from 1855 and the Solothurn Festival. The first competitions took place in 1842 in Graubunden and in 1847 in Glarus. In the 19th century, the shooting festivals which gave the opportunity to produce coins were: 1855 Solothurn, 1857 Bern, 1859 Zürich, 1861 Nidwalden, 1863, La Chaux de Fonds (Neuchâtel), 1865 Schaffhausen, 1867 Schwyz, 1869 Zug, 1872 Zürich, 1874, St. Gallen, 1876 Lausanne, 1879 Basel, 1881 Fribourg, 1883 Lugano and 1885 Bern.

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