Switzerland 1922-B 10 francs

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck at the Bern mint 1911-22. This is the most common date and the only one that trades as a bullion coin like its larger sister, the twenty francs (KM 35.1). A small issue of hundred franc gold pieces minted in 1925 (KM 39) used dies modified from this design.

Recorded mintage: 1,020,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM 36.

Source:

• Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zürich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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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• 1916 10 francs
• 1922 10 rappen
• 1922 5 francs
• 1925 rappen
• Switzerland 2022 50 francs Vreneli 10 francs
• Coins and currency dated 1922
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