For Sale Here: Switzerland 50 Francs Silver 1987 Proof Glarus PCGS 68 DCAM
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Interesting coin/medal. Very small mintage of 3,200 pieces.
$100 gets it delivered via USPS Priority.
PayPal, check, cowrie shells, Yap stone money all ok.
Bit of information below the image. PM or email is fine.
Thanks,
-Brian
b.carleton@gmail.com
Swiss Shooting Talers
Richard Giedroyc - March 20, 2000
Switzerland is a nation of many interesting coins and bank notes to collect, but perhaps one of the most
challenging and interesting sets of coins in all numismatics is a set unique to this landlocked European
country--the Swiss shooting talers.
What is a Swiss shooting taler? It is a commemorative coin in nature, but a commemorative designed
to circulate. In some cases it has.
Shooting festivals began as a European event soon after the invention of the gun as a replacement
for the crossbow. Especially in Austria, Germany and Switzerland medals were struck to celebrate
such shooting festivals, which were staged as major events. The winners of these festivals often
received a gold medal, second place being presented with a silver medal and other contestants
receiving similar medals in base metals such as bronze or copper.
In 1842 the canton of Chur issued a silver-composition crown-size circulating commemorative 4-franken coin
to mark the shooting festival, representing all the cantons hosted there that year.
In 1847 Glarus issued a 40-batzen coin for circulation to mark the festival for that year. This
was followed in 1855 by Solothurn issuing a 5-franc coin to mark that year's festival.
Technically even these early issues could be considered to be medallic, but they have a denomination
and were meant to be honored by local merchants during the annual shooting festivals. This makes
them tokens, at the very least, if not real coins.
Each of these first three issues were the legal equivalent of the 5-franc coin of the Swiss Confederation
of the time, according to the Swiss Federal Finance Department. Beginning with the issue of 1855, federal
government consent was given to show the denomination on the coins, yet they were not given the status
of legal tender. The separate and independent Swiss cantons did not form a united confederation with
a national coinage until 1848.
Following confederation, shooting talers of the value of 5 francs were issued for the shooting festival
in 1857 by Bern, Zurich in 1859, Stans (in Nidwalden) in 1861, La Chaux-DeFonds (in Neuchatel) in 1863
Schaffhausen in 1865, Schwyz in 1867, Zug in 1869, Zurich (a second time) in 1872, St. Gallen in 1874,
Lausanne in 1876, Basel in 1879, Fribourg in 1881, Lugano in 1883 and Bern (a second time) in 1885.
The issue of these shooting festival 5-franc "talers" ended in 1885.
Classical shooting taler collectors only seek the coins struck between 1842 and 1885. This, however,
did not end the series. It was revived in the 1930s, a silver 5 francs and gold 100 francs each struck
to mark the shooting festival in Fribourg in 1934 and again to mark the event in Luzern in 1939. The
advent of World War II abruptly ended this second series of shooting talers.
In 1984 the third series was introduced with the mintage of silver-composition 50-franc and
gold-composition 100- and 1,000-franc non-circulating legal tender coins were issued.
These modern issues differ from both earlier series in that the denomination now appears on the lettered
edge of the coin rather in the design fields of the obverse or reverse. This latest series is struck
in Proof only and in incredibly limited numbers (as few as 300 pieces for some years of the 1,000 franc).
$100 gets it delivered via USPS Priority.
PayPal, check, cowrie shells, Yap stone money all ok.
Bit of information below the image. PM or email is fine.
Thanks,
-Brian
b.carleton@gmail.com
Swiss Shooting Talers
Richard Giedroyc - March 20, 2000
Switzerland is a nation of many interesting coins and bank notes to collect, but perhaps one of the most
challenging and interesting sets of coins in all numismatics is a set unique to this landlocked European
country--the Swiss shooting talers.
What is a Swiss shooting taler? It is a commemorative coin in nature, but a commemorative designed
to circulate. In some cases it has.
Shooting festivals began as a European event soon after the invention of the gun as a replacement
for the crossbow. Especially in Austria, Germany and Switzerland medals were struck to celebrate
such shooting festivals, which were staged as major events. The winners of these festivals often
received a gold medal, second place being presented with a silver medal and other contestants
receiving similar medals in base metals such as bronze or copper.
In 1842 the canton of Chur issued a silver-composition crown-size circulating commemorative 4-franken coin
to mark the shooting festival, representing all the cantons hosted there that year.
In 1847 Glarus issued a 40-batzen coin for circulation to mark the festival for that year. This
was followed in 1855 by Solothurn issuing a 5-franc coin to mark that year's festival.
Technically even these early issues could be considered to be medallic, but they have a denomination
and were meant to be honored by local merchants during the annual shooting festivals. This makes
them tokens, at the very least, if not real coins.
Each of these first three issues were the legal equivalent of the 5-franc coin of the Swiss Confederation
of the time, according to the Swiss Federal Finance Department. Beginning with the issue of 1855, federal
government consent was given to show the denomination on the coins, yet they were not given the status
of legal tender. The separate and independent Swiss cantons did not form a united confederation with
a national coinage until 1848.
Following confederation, shooting talers of the value of 5 francs were issued for the shooting festival
in 1857 by Bern, Zurich in 1859, Stans (in Nidwalden) in 1861, La Chaux-DeFonds (in Neuchatel) in 1863
Schaffhausen in 1865, Schwyz in 1867, Zug in 1869, Zurich (a second time) in 1872, St. Gallen in 1874,
Lausanne in 1876, Basel in 1879, Fribourg in 1881, Lugano in 1883 and Bern (a second time) in 1885.
The issue of these shooting festival 5-franc "talers" ended in 1885.
Classical shooting taler collectors only seek the coins struck between 1842 and 1885. This, however,
did not end the series. It was revived in the 1930s, a silver 5 francs and gold 100 francs each struck
to mark the shooting festival in Fribourg in 1934 and again to mark the event in Luzern in 1939. The
advent of World War II abruptly ended this second series of shooting talers.
In 1984 the third series was introduced with the mintage of silver-composition 50-franc and
gold-composition 100- and 1,000-franc non-circulating legal tender coins were issued.
These modern issues differ from both earlier series in that the denomination now appears on the lettered
edge of the coin rather in the design fields of the obverse or reverse. This latest series is struck
in Proof only and in incredibly limited numbers (as few as 300 pieces for some years of the 1,000 franc).
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