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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Any info appreciated. Where is it from?   Identified - moved to World Coin forum - Sap |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think this one is from switzerland. This type of design is similar to some of the American coinage, I like it!
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Moderator
 Australia
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Yep. "Helvetia" is Latin for "Switzerland".
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
Yes, Switzerland, half franc, KM# 23a.1, made of cupro-nickel, mintage in 1971 over 34 million, value $1.00 for uncirculated.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yes it is switzerland I actually could id a coin this time and I still get beat to the punch lol. and yes swiss coins have great designs
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Rest in Peace
United States
1729 Posts |
When the Swiss hit on a good design, they stay with it. Forever!
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Pillar of the Community
Thailand
1509 Posts |
I agree with you all about the quality of the designs but I've noticed how little wear there is on most of my Swiss coins even those going back 80+ years. Either they use very high grade metal to produce them or they stick all their small change into their safe deposit boxes?
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Valued Member
Italy
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Hi guys, I also agree with you about the great quality of Swiss coins, I'm used to ask some rolls to a Swiss coin collector, and the quality is so high.
About the design, I'm just waiting to see what may happen with Switzerland surrounded from euro countries.
Smiling ...
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Yes, it is kind of strange that the Swiss notes have contemporary designs while the coins have basically been the same since the 1870s or so. And why would the euro affect the designs? The country is not even an EU member. So I guess we will continue to see Helvetia on the 1/2 fr, 1 fr and 2 fr coins, and her head on the 5, 10 and 20 rp/ct coins ...
Christian
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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nice looking coin!  the 2Franc has exactly same obv and rev design and larger at 27mm diameter |
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Russian Federation
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Yes It's modern Swiss francs They use them now.
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