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svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 01/25/2011 9:20 pm trout1105: Quote: Hi there I'm a newbie to coins. I have a 1954 confederatio helvetica 5 fr coin with dominus providebit and some stars on the edge of it. Any history or info on this would be most appreciated Quote: I have no idea of the history of this coin. I got it in a job lotand it looks great almost brand new looking Report this Post to the Staff

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 01/25/2011 9:31 pm trout, What you have is Swiss 5 francs. Confederatio Helvetica is Latin for Confederation of Switzerland. The similar design has been minted since 1922, with some minor modifications, including the size and silver content. Your coin, 1954, is 83.5% silver with .4027 oz. of Actual Silver Weight (ASW). Under the date it should have a small letter B which is called a mintmark, and it means the coin was minted in city of Bern. Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 01/25/2011 9:56 pm The edge inscription, Dominus Providebit (The Lord Will Provide). By the way, trout, there was a discussion recently on a coin like yours. That was dated 1931, the first year of issue for this type. They had a few varieties that year. Edited by svslav 01/25/2011 10:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 01/25/2011 10:02 pm svslav you are amazing. thank you for the info Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 01/25/2011 10:15 pm I mainly collect old brit coins because you can get some real old ones. They are not realy pretty coins but they have a lot of history Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 01/25/2011 10:23 pm Totally agree! My main collection is British monarchs, including the Empire and the Commonwealth. Feel free to share (the images) your collection with us, we like to see pictures of coins! Only be aware we have a separate forum for British coins. And it's a good idea to start a new, your own, topic rather than hijack someone else's . Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 01/25/2011 11:56 pm How do I post pics? Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 01/26/2011 12:10 am Finally worked it out Here are a couple I scored the other day Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 01/26/2011 12:21 am Nice bouquet of kings! Check out this thread where we were sharing our old British coins! Report this Post to the Staff
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