Switzerland 2021 500 francs

Sincona sale 83, lot 5439

This specimen was lot 5439 in Sincona sale 83 (Zurich, May 2023), where it sold for 1,550 CHF (about US$2,074 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND, 500 Franken 2021, Eidgenössisches Schützenfest Luzern 2020. NGC PF70 ULTRA CAMEO." This NCLT was privately issued for the confederation shooting festival in Luzern. 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: unknown.

Specification: 0.999 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Häberling 113a, Fr-unlisted.

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.
• ^[1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 83, World and Swiss Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.

Link to:

• 2019 500 francs, Appenzell shooting festival
• Switzerland 2022 25 francs Swiss watch industry
• Switzerland 2022-B 25 francs platinum
• Switzerland 2022 50 francs Vreneli 10 francs
• Coins and currency dated 2021