How about some love for Switzerland!

Switzerland 1928B 2 Francs. .835 .2685 ASW

 

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swiss coins are so boring, the same design for over 100 years. the only variation are the shooting medals and the odd commemorative.

 

I just posted on this in another thread a few minutes ago. I, too, think the repetition of the design is a little boring; however, it is a great design. I think the Swiss coins are very pretty and appealing.

 

Others, primarily the Swiss , apparently like this kind of continuity. For some reason the banknotes have modern designs (and they update them from time to time) but the coins do not. I don't find the designs thrilling, but there are some subtle differences - for example, while the wreaths on the franc/franken pieces (1/2 fr, 1 fr, 2 fr) are the same, they are different on the centimes/rappen coins. Also, when a new canton was added in the mid-1980s, the number of stars on the three Fr. coins went up from 22 to 23 ...

Christian

 

Hehe yeah. It is rather disappointing that they haven't changed the design, but I still do like it.

 

Yes, I like it. I have a small collection of Swiss coins too.

 

And yet.

 

i like your cantons coins siberian man, really nice

 

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Switzerland 20 Francs 1947

Switzerland has not produced many war-related commemorative coins.

In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and
bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.
In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace,
and what did that produce?
The cuckoo clock.

-- Orson Welles in "The Third Man"

 

Well, when you think about it, the U.S. has had the same Lincoln design for 102 years, the Roosevelt design for 65 years, the Washington design for 79 years, and the Monticello design for 73 years. We still like U.S. coins, right? Well, it shouldn't be much different for Swiss coins just because they don't change, while we already collect U.S. coins that are the same way! Just my two cents.

 

Beautiful gold piece, not boring at all! Not nice to trash other ppl's coin up there, I'm just sayin'.

 

Zig Zag man ????

Well, what I like about Swiss coins is the mystery of who is on the 5 Franc piece. Alluminatti, Zig Zag man, William Tell or perhaps a simple Swiss Shepard ??? My 2 favorite Swiss coins are the Gold 20 Franc and of course the silver 5 Franc pieces. :missing-tooth:

 

Cannot see any image in your post, but I guess you mean this coin:
http://www.swissmint.ch/upload/_pdf/dokumentationen/d/5FR-BURK.pdf
That is an alpine shepherd ...


(Image: worldcoingallery.com)

Christian

 

Thanks Chris, yep I am having trouble with my photos. How are things going in Deutschland, this winter ?

 

I like swiss, very classic .:smile
ducat, 1741,Bern
1811,Geneva
1794,Geneva

 

Very nice Cantons Irina

 

Whenever I'm looking through a value bin I always have to check the dates on the Swiss coins because they could be from 100 years ago or last year and they'll look exactly the same. I just picked up a 1906 and 1907 20 Rappen that look just like new out of the 25 cent bin.

 

little bit more:yes:

 

it's just beautiful, I can't help it.:smile

 

Here are a couple of my 19th century "Helcavicia" period coins...