1879 5fr Specimen Or Not? - Coin Community Forum

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akcollector New Member Greece 22 Posts	Posted 12/25/2016 03:54 am Hello, is this coin a specimen or not? Report this Post to the Staff

antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 12/25/2016 09:34 am it is a Swiss coin of 5 francs , this kind of coins are shooting festival coins , intended primarily as prizes but also used in circulation for a brief time . This one is commemorating the festival in Basel in 1879 . It has to be silver. albert Report this Post to the Staff
akcollector New Member Greece 22 Posts	Posted 12/25/2016 12:55 pm Yes it is silver. The question is if this is a specimen. Report this Post to the Staff
RogerRamjet Valued Member United States 172 Posts	Posted 12/25/2016 10:34 pm Hi akcollector. Welcome to the forum! I'm confused by your question and I suspect others are as well. I don't understand what you mean by "a specimen". Can you ask your question a different way? Report this Post to the Staff
akcollector New Member Greece 22 Posts	Posted 12/26/2016 05:36 am There are "specimens" of this coin. See following picture.... How can I recognize if my coin is a specimen or not? Here again the pictures from my coin... and the coin that is graded as specimen.... Edited by akcollector 12/26/2016 05:42 am Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 12/27/2016 2:47 pm your coin was worth 5 francs and has been used as legel tender in 1879 . The PCGS coin is the same as yours but not cleaned .So , your coin and that you call a specimen is exactly the same coin.albert Report this Post to the Staff
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