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''Recorded mintage:'' 8,637,000 plus specimens.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 8,637,000 plus specimens.
  
''Specification:'' 15 g, .835 fine silver, .400 troy oz ASW, 31.45 mm diameter, lettered edge.  
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''Specification:'' 15 g, .835 fine silver, .402 troy oz ASW, 31.45 mm diameter, lettered edge.  
  
''Catalog reference:'' KM 41.
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''Catalog reference:'' KM 40.
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.  
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* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Richter, Juerg, 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.
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* 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.
  
 
''Link to:''
 
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* [[Switzerland 1967-B 5 francs|1967 5 francs]]
 
* [[Switzerland 1967-B 5 francs|1967 5 francs]]
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* [[Switzerland 1968-B 1/2 franc|1968-B ½ franc]]
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* [[Switzerland 1970 rappen|1970 rappen]]
 
* [[Switzerland 1970 10 rappen|1970 10 rappen]]
 
* [[Switzerland 1970 10 rappen|1970 10 rappen]]
 
* [[Switzerland 1970 20 rappen|1970 20 rappen]]
 
* [[Switzerland 1970 20 rappen|1970 20 rappen]]
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* [[Switzerland 1985 5 francs|1985 5 francs]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1969]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1969]]
 
* return to coins of [[Switzerland]]
 
* return to coins of [[Switzerland]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
 
[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]

Latest revision as of 21:42, 4 May 2025

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection
Switzerland 1969 5 francs rev DSLR.jpg

This type was struck at the Bern mint 1931-40, 1948-54, 1965-69. The design is still in use today tho the coin is now copper-nickel. Many of the dates from the twentieth century are very common. Prior to confederation in 1850, each Swiss canton issued its own coins.

Recorded mintage: 8,637,000 plus specimens.

Specification: 15 g, .835 fine silver, .402 troy oz ASW, 31.45 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM 40.

Source:

  • 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.

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