Hi, I have this 1939 Switzerland Confederation (Confœderatio Helvetica) 5 Franc commemorative of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Laupen. Despite it being kind of cleaned with something abrasive, it seems to be something of a scarce coin. There is only one listing in eBay's history with an uncompleted price of $595. All the international sales listings I've seen of the coin [1] list it in AU condition for about 200+ euros or on the Canada eBay site for C$280. I want to sell this coin, the trouble seems to be in selling it in a place where the right people would be interested. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks! [1] URLs of sales I've found: http://www.fr.ricardo.ch/search/search.asp?txtSearch=1939 laupen&Catg=43896&InTitleAndDesc=0 435 euros - http://www.fleurdecoin.ch/munzen/gedenkmunzen.html http://cgi.ebay.fr/5-francs-1939-Laupen-Switzerland-Key-Date_W0QQitemZ220220249662QQihZ012QQcategoryZ39480QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m122 http://cgi.ebay.fr/Gedenkmuenzen-5-Fr-1939-Laupen-Rare-cxpOut26_W0QQitemZ230237017447QQihZ013QQcategoryZ7987QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em122 Canadian - http://search-completed.ebay.ca/search/search.dll?GetResult&dfsp=1&catref=C6&sofocus=so&floc=1&sabfmts=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&ftrv=1&ftrt=1&fis=2&fsop=1&fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&fsoo=1&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&from=R2&satitle=laupen&sbrftog=1&sacat=45158%26catref%3DC6&saobfmts=insif&sadis=200&guest=1
I would just put it up on ebay and let it go at that. But I would not expect anywhere near the realized prices you list. The coin you picture has been very harshly cleaned and is damaged on top of that. I would guess that you could expect anywhere from 20% - 50% of normal.
Of course, that's why I said those prices were for very good examples. I suppose I'll just put it on eBay then and see what happens. Thanks.
