Switzerland 1988-HF unze
This specimen was lot 47797 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. Brass William Tell Altdorf Haberling Shooting Festival 100 Francs, 1988. Switzerland (Huguenin Frères) Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-69." Altho the auctioneers sold this as a hundred francs, the coin does not so state and the platinum version (KM XS37) that was eventually made and sold stated merely "OUNCE 1 UNZE". In 1988, the national shooting festival was held in Brugg in the canton of Aargau. Huguenin Freres made the coinage for that as well.
Recorded mintage: 10,000 in platinum plus 1,000 in brass.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 platinum; this specimen brass.
Catalog reference: KMX-S37 (platinum), KMX-S37a; Hab-P26 (brass).
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- 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, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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