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Revision as of 11:28, 18 September 2024

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 7334
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This specimen was lot 7334 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. 1/2 Franc, 1920-B. PCGS MS-66. Fully lustrous with blast white satiny surfaces." This type was struck at the Bern mint starting in 1874 and the design is still in use today tho the coin is now nickel. This specimen is struck to the standard of the French fifty centimes of 1866-1920. This is the first really common date. Prior to confederation in 1850, each Swiss canton issued its own coins.

Recorded mintage: 5,400,000.

Specification: 2.5 g, 0.835 fine silver, .067 troy oz ASW, 18.2 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-23; HMZ-2-1206x.

Source:

  • Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zurich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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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