Switzerland 1939-B 5 francs KM-S20

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from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 23112

This specimen was lot 5810 in Sincona sale 35 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$143 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Confederation, 5 Franken 1939. Eidgenössisches Schützenfest in Luzern. FDC. (Swiss confederation, five francs of 1939, on the shooting festival in Luzern. Uncirculated.)"

These shooting thalers are now listed in the Krause volume on unusual world coins. This one is fairly available.

Recorded mintage: 40,000.

Specification: 15 g, 0.835 fine silver, .402 troy oz ASW, 31.45 mm diameter, lettered edge, this specimen 19.49 g.

Catalog reference: KM-XS20; Richter 909a, HMZ 2-1345c.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • 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.
  • [1]Jürg Richter, Schweizer Münzen und Medaillen vom Mittelalter bis in die Neuzeit, Auktion 35, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.

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