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[[Image:H3106-34310o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3106, lot 34310]]
[[Image:H3106-34310r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 34310 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Switzerland]]: Confederation gold Proof 'Glarus Shooting Festival' 500 Francs 2017 PR70 Ultra Cameo NGC, Munich mint. A striking example with flawless surfaces. Sold with specifications tag." This NCLT was privately issued for the Valais shooting festival. 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. Many are accompanied by a silver fifty francs.

''Recorded mintage:'' 220.

''Specification:'' 0.999 fine gold.

''Catalog reference:'' KM unlisted, Fr-unlisted, Häb-100a.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ''2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Switzerland 2016 500 francs|2016 500 francs, Ticino shooting festival]]
* [[Switzerland 2019 500 francs|2019 500 francs, Appenzell shooting festival]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2017]]

[[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3105]]

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 [[Image:H3106-34310r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]
-This specimen was lot 34310 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Switzerland]]: Confederation gold Proof 'Glarus Shooting Festival' 500 Francs 2017 PR70 Ultra Cameo NGC, Munich mint. A striking example with flawless surfaces. Sold with specifications tag." This NCLT was privately issued for the Valais shooting festival. 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. Many are accompanied by a silver fifty francs.
+This specimen was lot 34310 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Switzerland]]: Confederation gold Proof 'Glarus Shooting Festival' 500 Francs 2017 PR70 Ultra Cameo NGC, Munich mint. A striking example with flawless surfaces. Sold with specifications tag." This NCLT was privately issued for the Valais shooting festival. 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. This one was accompanied by a [[Switzerland 2017 50 francs|silver fifty francs]].
 ''Recorded mintage:'' 220.
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 ''Link to:''
 * [[Switzerland 2016 500 francs|2016 500 francs, Ticino shooting festival]]
 * [[Switzerland 2018 500 francs|2018 500 francs, Nidwalden Shooting Festival]]
 * [[Coins and currency dated 2017]]
 [[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3105]]