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[[Image:Swiss S51-4541.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 51, lot 4541]] | [[Image:Swiss S51-4541.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 51, lot 4541]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 4541 in Sincona sale 51 ( | + | This specimen was lot 4541 in Sincona sale 51 (Zürich, October 2018), where it sold for 1,200 CHF (about US$1,448 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''500 Franken 2007. Luzern. Kantonalschützenfest. Sehr selten. Nur 200 Exemplare geprägt. Polierte Platte. FDC. Kleiner Kratzer.'' (Swiss confederation, five hundred francs of 2007, Lucerne cantonal shooting festival. Very rare. Only 200 pieces struck, Choice Proof, Small scratch.)"</blockquote> This NCLT was issued for the Lucerne 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 is accompanied by a silver fifty francs ([[Switzerland 2007 50 francs|KM XS73]]). |
''Recorded mintage:'' 200. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 200. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Unusual World Coins, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011. | * Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Unusual World Coins, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011. | ||
| − | * Richter, | + | * 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>Richter, | + | * 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. |
| + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Sincona Auction 51: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2018. | ||
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| − | * [[Switzerland | + | * [[Switzerland 2006 500 francs|2006 500 francs, Solothurn shooting festival]] |
* [[Switzerland 2007-B 50 francs Fr-527|2007 50 francs, National Bank]] | * [[Switzerland 2007-B 50 francs Fr-527|2007 50 francs, National Bank]] | ||
| − | * [[Switzerland | + | * [[Switzerland 2007 50 francs|2007 50 francs, Luzern shooting festival]] |
| + | * [[Switzerland 2008 500 francs|2008 500 francs, Vaud shooting festival]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 2007]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 2007]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Switzerland]] | * return to coins of [[Switzerland]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53]] | [[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:53, 5 June 2026
This specimen was lot 4541 in Sincona sale 51 (Zürich, October 2018), where it sold for 1,200 CHF (about US$1,448 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"500 Franken 2007. Luzern. Kantonalschützenfest. Sehr selten. Nur 200 Exemplare geprägt. Polierte Platte. FDC. Kleiner Kratzer. (Swiss confederation, five hundred francs of 2007, Lucerne cantonal shooting festival. Very rare. Only 200 pieces struck, Choice Proof, Small scratch.)"
This NCLT was issued for the Lucerne 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 is accompanied by a silver fifty francs (KM XS73).
Recorded mintage: 200.
Specification: 25.6 g, .585 fine gold; this specimen 22.66 g.
Catalog reference: KM XS74, Häberling 78.
- 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 51: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2018.
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