Switzerland 1916-B 10 francs

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Aureo sale 232, lot 2862

This specimen was lot 2862 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 140 euros (about US$231 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SUIZA. 1916. B (Berna). 10 francos. AU. EBC+. (Switzerland, ten francs of 1916, Berne mint, gold, choice extremely fine.)"

This Swiss ten francs conforms to the standard of the Latin Monetary Union, where twenty francs = 6.45 g, 0.900 fine gold. Switzerland continued to use this standard even after France, its originator, abandoned it after World War One. This type was struck 1911-16 and 1922; only the 1922 is common.

Recorded mintage: 130,000.

Specification: 3.22 g, 0.900 fine gold, .0933 troy oz AGW, designed by Fritz Ulysse Landry.

Catalog reference: Fr-504, KM 36.

Sources:

  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zürich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
  • Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.

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