Switzerland 2006 1000 francs
This specimen was lot 3491 in Sincona sale 94 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 3,800 CHF (about US$5,267 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Schützentaler, Schützenmedaillen & Schützenvaria, Solothurn, 1000 Franken 2006, Le Locle. Solothurn. Kantonalschützenfest. Gerippter Rand. Von grösster Seltenheit. Nur 25 Exemplare geprägt. (Switzerland, shooting thalers and medals, one thousand francs of 2006, for the Solothurn cantonal shooting fest, reeded edge. Of the highest rarity. Only 25 pieces struck. NGC PF64 MATTE.)"
Shooting festival medals/coins are a Swiss tradition going back before confederation in 1848. The early ones (before World War One) were struck to the standard of a silver five francs and circulated as such even tho they bore no denomination. Later ones are strictly collector items with no face value and should be classed as medals, not coins. This NCLT was privately issued for the Solothurn shooting festival. This design was used on a silver fifty francs, gold 500 francs and 1000 francs in silver and gold.
Recorded mintage: 25.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold, 1.00 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Häberling 76b.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 94: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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