1950B Swiss 5 Francs PCGS SP65 - Comments?

oreville · April 17, 2005 2:16PM

Any thoughts in this 1950B Switzerland5 Francs KM-40 I purchased?

Cladiator · April 17, 2005 2:33PM

I like it but what is the SP designation?

MacCrimmon · April 17, 2005 2:42PM

Hey, I saw that some oreville guy had nabbed it!!

Do you have it yet? What's the cheek and general overall devices look like? Frost breaks or hairlines or handling marks in the fields?

Anyway, tough date and good price?

Cladiator, SP means Specimen; somewhat akin to a proof, but not a proof. These are first strikes from specially prepared dies. After they were completed with formal SP strikings, they sometimes used them to strike MS coins for commerce.

shirohniichan · April 17, 2005 3:02PM

Any thoughts in this 1950B Switzerland5 Francs KM-40 I purchased?

Uber-groovy!

AuldFartte · April 17, 2005 11:23PM

That's a beauty, oreville

Mine isn't anywhere near that nice.

elverno · April 18, 2005 2:50AM

mmmmm.... me likey gold! but prefer Swiss women....

oreville · April 18, 2005 3:25AM

SP= Specimen (never could spell it right)

I paid $308.77 plus $7.50 s&h&i. Appears to be a fair price. No I have not received it yet. Goldberg sold it on ebay, of all places. That was why I was asking for comments since I have not seen it close up. I had some concerns on how the cheek and devices would look, but being that it is in an very old PCGS slab that hopefully it would not disappoint.