Switzerland 2020 50 francs
This specimen was part of lot 1906 in Sincona Auction 103 (Zürich, May 2026), which sold for 1,350 CHF (about US$2,058 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Schützentaler, Schützenmedaillen & Schützenvaria, Diverse Kantone, 50 Franken 1990-2022, Kleines Konvolut moderner Schützentaler, enthaltend 1990 Winterthur, (NGC PF68 UC), 2007 Luzern, (NGC PF69 UC), 2008 Genf, (NGC PF69 UC), 2009 Obwalden, (NGC PF69 UC), 2010 Aarau [2x], (NGC PF69 UC / PF70 UC), 2012 Graubünden, (NGC PF68 UC), 2013 Luzern, (NGC PF69 UC), 2014 Schaffhausen, (NGC PF69 UC), 2017 Glarus, (NGC PF70 UC), 2020 Luzern, (NGC PF70 UC) und 2022 Uri, (NGC PF70 UC). Lot von 12 Exemplaren. Polierte Platte. (12). (Switzerland, shooting thalers, various cantons, fifty francs of 1990-2022, small collection of modern shooting thalers. Twelve pieces, Choice Proof.)"
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. They are not listed in the regular SCWC.
Recorded mintage: 1,000 proofs.
Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM unlisted.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, Michael Hardmeier, Michael Otto, Arne Kirsch, Ruedi Kunzmann and Timur Demirai, SINCONA Auction 103: World and Swiss coins and medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2026.
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