Old house find "Wittnauer" coins - Please help

airjoedan

Hey guys, I'm a sports card collector and far from an expert on anything dealing with currency and coins. I was recently cleaning through an old family house and found numerous coin related items that make me rather curious....

I found this large wooden plaque with 36 coins under plexiglass - inside the box was also an informational packet about each and every single coin on the plaque, as well as receipts for each payment of each coin. This coin set is made by "Wittnauer Precious Metals Guild" and are of animals such as a Walrus, Snowy Owl..etc. Each of these coins are detailed on the back and front and made of sterling silver. The side of the coins say "Longines Symphonette Sterling L 1489". Is this of any value or rarity? Have you heard of these? Any information woudl be appreciated. Thanks again!


- Joe

DaveG

It sounds like you have a set of silver medals!

I don't know enough about them to know if there's a market for them (beyond their bullion value, of course), but, in this case, Google is your friend!

coindeuce

You have 36 m-e-d-a-l-s. These cannot be coins without having been issued as monetary currency of an established government, with a clearly identified denomination. The fact that they are identified with a makers mark and a precious metal fineness makes them fungible in either a collectors market, or in the precious metals bullion market. The current wholesale trade value of sterling silver(.925 fine) is about 10.25/troy ounce. So yes, presumably you could have about $375 of silver value. Most of the Longines medals were at least 1 troy ounce or more of weight.

jobiwan115

<< <i>You have 36 m-e-d-a-l-s. These cannot be coins without having been issued as monetary currency of an established government, with a clearly identified denomination. The fact that they are identified with a makers mark and a precious metal fineness makes them fungible in either a collectors market, or in the precious metals bullion market. The current wholesale trade value of sterling silver(.925 fine) is about 10.25/troy ounce. So yes, presumably you could have about $375 of silver value. Most of the Longines medals were at least 1 troy ounce or more of weight. >>



Airjoedan, based on this sounds like you made a cool find - congrats!