Death by Swiss!

Cladiator

You guys are KILLING me with all these uterly gorgeous Swiss coins! Enough so that I've decided dive in I know less than nothing about them other than they are beautiful. These are the denominations I know about below. Any info as to denoms., purity, series's, names, history and so forth would be greatly appreciated.

1,2,5,10,20 Rappen (?copper?)
1/2,1,2,5 Franc (silver)
10,20 Franc (gold)

JamminJ

The 10 and 20 rappen are definitely copper-nickel (at least for most of the 20th centurey) and I think the 5 rappen is also.

-JamminJ

Cladiator

Are there any online resources for Swiss coinage?

CoinAddict

1 Rappen 1902- 1941 is Bronze.
1 Rappen 1942 -1946 is Zinc.
2 Rappen 1902- 1941 is Bronze.
2 Rappen 1942- 1946 is Zinc.
5 Rappen 1901- 1980 is Copper-Nickel.
5 Rappen 1918 is Brass.
5 Rappen 1932- 1941 is Nickel.
10 Rappen 1901- 1996 is Copper- Nickel.
10 Rappen 1918- 1919 is Brass.
10 Rappen 1932- 1939 is Nickel.
20 Rappen 1901- 1938 is Nickel.
20 Rappen 1939- 1996 is Copper-Nickel.

1/2 Franc 1901- 1967 is 2.5000g, 0.835 Silver, 0.0671 oz ASW.
1/2 Franc 1968- 1996 is Copper-Nickel.
Franc 1901- 1967 is 5.000 g, 0.836 Silver, 0.1342 oz ASW.
Franc 1968-1996 is Copper-Nickel.
2 Francs 1901-1967 is 10.000g, 0.835 Silver, 0.2685 oz ASW.
2 Francs 1968-1996 is Copper-Nickel.

5 Francs 1904- 1928 is 25.000g, 0.900 Silver, 0.7234 oz ASW.
5 Francs 1931-1969 is 15.000g, 0.835 Silver, 0.4027 oz ASW.
5 Francs 1968- 1996 is Copper- Nickel.

10 Francs 1911-1922 is 3.2258g, 0.900 Gold, 0.933 oz ASW.
20 Francs 1901- 1935 1947, 1948 is 6.4516g, 0.900 Gold, 0.1867 oz ASW.
100 Francs 1925 is 32.2581g, 0.900 Gold, 0.9334 oz ASW.

Cladiator

Thanks for the great info! I found this website and found it very informative...thought I'd share Swiss coinage website

MacCrimmon

This is the basic design type for the first issued Swiss Federal 5 and 10 rappen coins of Switzerland.
This image is too flat but the lustre is da bomb on this one!!




The current design for the 5/10/20 rp. has run continuously from the 1880s




The early 1 & 2 rappen are also basically the same as follows.
This 1908 is a specimen striking.




Here's a sweet, early 1 franc (2nd style - current style)




Did someone say brass??




Could you shoot an apple off a your boys head?




Zwei franc? sehr gut, eh?




.....und zwanzig wappen.




Das ist alles, Herr Cladiator.

Cladiator

Danke MacCrimmon!

1jester

Awesome morsels, Herr Maus!!!

cladking

Most Swiss coins are very well made. The luster is often quite remarkable even on the 19th
century issues. While unc examples of the older coins can be tough there is a good supply of
many of them in XF and AU. Don't overlook the issues of the late '40's, '50's, late '60's, '70's,
and '80's. Most of these are far scarcer than catalog would indicate and suffer only from a
lack of demand. The early cu/ ni issues had mint set runs of 5,000 or 10,000 and represent
much of the supply of these coins. It's difficult to get an assessment of the attrition for these
sets on this side of the Atlantic, but it isn't overly unusual to see singles from them being offered.

Fairlaneman

The thread title should be "Death by Dark". So many really great looking coins are available for a collector. Switzerland, India, Mexico, Great Britain, France, Hong Kong and Germany are just a few places that have created a smile during the adventure into the "Death by Dark".

Ken