Switzerland 1944-B 5 francs
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This specimen was lot 76386 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. 5 Francs, 1944-B. Bern Mint. NGC MS-66+. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This type was struck in 1944 to mark the 500th anniversary of a battle in which the Swiss turned back a French invasion. Despite the small mintage, it is among the more common Swiss commemoratives.
Recorded mintage: 101,680 plus specimens.
Specification: 15 g, 0.835 fine silver, 31 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM-21.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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