Swiss Shooting Thalers (medal's or medal-coins)

[regandon]

The differences between 18th century Swiss Shoothing Thalers and 20th century Swiss Shooters

First off, lets start with saying that both are rare do to low mintages.
One of the major differences, is that the 20th century Shooters were minted in gold and silver. The 18th century Shooters were minted only in silver. Now I will bring up the other major differences. Within the 18th century Shooters only three are true coins, and are very rare and command very large premiums in mint state grades. The three I'm talking about, are the 1842 4 Franken from the Canton of Graubünden. And the 1847 40 Batzen from the Canton of Glarus. The 1855 Solothurn (which was legal tender) was minted for the first all Canton Shooting Festival in a denomination of 5 Francs. The other 14 commemorative pieces were never given legal tender status. The government gave the ok for the denomination to be added, but never gave them legal tender status. It was only given to indicate that the pieces were of the same size, weight and fineness of the legal tender 5 Francs. If I've lost you so far, here is the answer. Three are legal tender coins. The other 14 pieces, well being called Thalers, also have the 5 Francs denomination on them. But, they are Medallic coins.
The 19th century Shooters are highly sought after, and are rich in history.

Let take a look at the 20th century Shooters.
The medallic coins minted in 1934, 1939 and the 1998 Copper-Nickel Albisgutli Centennial (Zurich City) were the last to use the 5 Francs denomination on them. The silver issued 1998 Albisgutli Centennial (Zurich City) was the only piece to use the 20 Francs denomination. All the other silver pieces used the 50 Francs denomination.
The gold pieces minted in 1934 and 1939 had the 100 Francs denomination on them. The 1998 Albisgutli Centennial had the 200 Francs denomination on it. All other gold issues had the 500 and 1000 Francs denomination on them.

Side note:
The 1934, 1939 and the 1998 Copper-Nickel piece, used the same 5 Francs denomination that the 19th century pieces used. But the 1934, 1939 and 1998 Copper-Nickel piece are smaller. All of the 20th century pieces are not called Shooting Thalers. They are called medals or Shooters or Shooting medallic coins. The 19th century Shooters hold the title of Shooting Thalers.
By: regandon

[Zohar444]

Great write-up, Regandon.

[BCNumismatics]

Do you have any photos of the 1998 Shooting Festival medal-coin?

Aidan.

[regandon]

Do you have any photos of the 1998 Shooting Festival medal-coin?

Aidan.

Sorry Aidan, I only collect the 19th century Shooting Thalers (Taler).

[regandon]

Great write-up, Regandon.

Thank you Zohar.