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Pillar of the Community
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Lausanne 5 Franc Shooting Thaler 1876   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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1982 commemorative 5 francs for the centenary of the Gotthard Railway. This line took ten years to build and was the first rail link between Northern Switzerland and Italy. It includes spiral ramps, numerous bridges and the nine-mile Gotthard Tunnel, which was the longest rail tunnel in the world at the time it was built. The Gotthard Railway is still an important European freight and passenger route, although much of it has now been superseded by a modern line on a new alignment, with a long base tunnel opened in 2016. The 1982 5 Francs has a reverse design similar to the 5-franc coins in circulation at the time the railway was built. As for the obverse design...  Edited by NumisRob
01/13/2018 06:00 am
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Nice coin, NumisRob. And thanks for the history behind it.
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Valued Member
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4 Franken from Lucerne  Thaler - Bern  Thaler - Zurich  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Beautiful coins, plonker! Here's a contrast: a gold 10-franc coin of 1913 and a bimetallic one of 2004!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Silver 20F coin from the year 2000:  |
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Pillar of the Community
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An 1851A (Paris) 2 rappen. From 1850 through 1890, these were struck for only 10 of those years.   Colligo ergo sum
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Pillar of the Community
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This thaler from Zürich is impressive for the early use of the roller press by the pioneering mintmaster Hans Jakob Stampfer circa 1560.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This thaler from Zürich is impressive... Indeed. Gorgeous piece! Thanks for posting it. Colligo ergo sum
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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02/01/2018 11:25 pm
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1922 B Switzerland . 5 rappen.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Bern. Recent auction acquisition.  |
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1983 5 Francs commemorating birth centenary of conductor Ernest Ansermet:  Edited by NumisRob
02/04/2018 08:23 am
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1965 B Switzerland 2 fr.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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@jgenn: Quote:
This thaler from Zürich is impressive for the early use of the roller press by the pioneering mintmaster Hans Jakob Stampfer circa 1560. yes indeed! it could well be one of the most beautiful coins of the 16th century, beautifully made - very nice piece @tdziemia : spectacular coin too with nice portraits of ruler and bear and eagle discussing bears and eagles ... below is a curious large silver coin of Sankt Gallen: a 1619 taler klippe, with the typical bear of the city and crowned double-headed eagle almost a perfect square (see black background) while hand cut the patina is quite nice, the bear and eagle too, a bit of weakness in the strike which is a pity The round taler from the same date seems more common than the klippe taler. Does anyone have a good reference for the rarity index of swiss coins of this period?   |
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