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Live auction - fwo_548810 - SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA 5 Francs Helvetia 1874 Bruxelles

SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA 5 Francs Helvetia 1874 Bruxelles AU/MS
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Estimate : 500 €
Price : 250 €
Maximum bid : 270 €
End of the sale : 03 December 2019 19:58:17
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : 5 Francs Helvetia
Date: 1874
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 196000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,98 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle mais malheureusement nettoyé avec un avers qui présente de nombreuses rayures. La pièce reste toute de même agréable
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.// 1874// B.
Reverse description : Couronne formée d’une branche de chêne et d’une branche de lis.

Commentary


Ce type est frappé en 1850 et 1851 à Paris (A), en 1873 et 1874 à Berne (B) et en 1874 à Bruxelles (B.). Frappe médaille et point après B. : cette pièce est frappée à Bruxelles.

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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