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GA-Silver
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 Posted - 03/13/2010 : 13:29:17
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Where are these coins from and are they silver? Dated 1912 confoederatio helvetica
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
 Posted - 03/13/2010 : 13:37:39
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The Swiss ½, 1, 2 and 5 Franc coins were Ag in 1912. It sounds like you have a 5F, Of the aforementioned coins, the 5F actually had Confoederatio Helvetica struck on it.
There are a few folks more up on these than me, they can confirm or correct me. 
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GA-Silver
Penny Pincher Member
USA
238 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 13:44:10
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| I bought four of these coins. Dated from 1912 to 1969. Three0 have 20 on the reverse and one has 10. |
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Country
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3121 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 13:47:02
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| Blugill is correct on the SILVER coins, all .900 fine SILVER. However, there are the 5, 10, 20 Rappen Swiss coins of 1912 which bear the Confoederatio Helvetica legend too. The 5 and 10 are copper-nickel, and the 20 Rappen is pure nickel. |
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1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3121 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 13:48:19
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Originally posted by GA-Silver
I bought four of these coins. Dated from 1912 to 1969. Three0 have 20 on the reverse and one has 10.
You've got the 10 and 20 Rappen Swiss coins. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 13:58:13
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I stand corrected. 
But only the 5F was .900 fine. The rest were .835 fine, the 5F was .835 fine starting in '31
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GA-Silver
Penny Pincher Member
USA
238 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 14:18:30
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| So the coins are silver? even the 1969 one? |
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silver coins?
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