Switzerland 1991 1000 francs Fr-514
This specimen was lot 3419 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $2,115. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. Bern. 1,000 Franc, 1991. NGC PROOF-69. Struck for the Bern shooting festival held at Langenthal. Mintage on only 400 pieces. Hard mirror fields with cameo frosted devices. One small toning spot near the obverse edge at 9 o'clock. Highly reflective and quite attractive." This shooting festival token had a nominal face value during the festival which ended once the festival was over. However, as it continues a old tradition of such pieces, the series (in gold and silver) remains popular and is mentioned in Friedberg and the SCWC Unusual World Coins. This one, the eighth in the modern series, is accompanied by a silver fifty francs (KM XS38).
Recorded mintage: 400.
Specification: 26 g, 0.900 fine gold, .752 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-514; Bruce-S39; HMZ-2-1346h.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- 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.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
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- Switzerland 1990 1000 francs Fr-513 Winterthur shooting festival
- 1991 20 rappen
- 1991 50 francs, Bern shooting festival, silver
- 1991 250 francs
- Switzerland 1992 1000 francs Fr-514a Dielsdorf, Zürich, shooting festival
- Coins and currency dated 1991
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