Switzerland 1994 1000 francs Fr-514c
This specimen was lot 3422 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $2,702.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. St. Gallen. 1,000 Franc, 1994. NGC PROOF-69. Commemorative for the shooting festival in Rorschach with a mintage of only 200 pieces. The final year of issue for this denomination of shooting festival commemoratives. Brilliant hard mirror proof fields showing no signs of handling. Frosted devices are full and glittering with no breaks or flecks." 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 eleventh and last in the modern series, is accompanied by a silver fifty francs (KM XS44).
Recorded mintage: 200.
Specification: 26 g, 0.900 fine gold, .752 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-514c; Bruce-S45; HMZ-2-1346k.
- 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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- 1994 50 francs, St. Gall shooting festival
- Switzerland 1993 1000 francs Fr-514b Weinfelden
- Coins and currency dated 1994
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