Bought a lot of 35 coins for $20 and within it was an 1858 Canadian ten cent piece, an 1857 UK Shilling, several other silver coins and one coin that has me regretting not asking for the date before I purchased the lot, like I did with the Canadian and other silver coins. It is a Swiss 1 Franc, and I cannot, no matter how I alter the brightness and sharpness of the photo, seem to formulate an accurate date. To me, it looks like 1851. Any thoughts by anyone else?
Yes indeed it is. That being said, I will still be like a kid on Christmas when this package arrives!
1850A and 1851A are the common one franc coins in the 1850's, somewhere around $100 in fine to very fine. The price drops off rapidly in good and very good. The 1857B is the great rarity, $6000-8000 fine to very fine, lots of counterfeits with retooled date and mint mark, but quite evident at 20x. Good luck. Check auction website www.ricardo.ch for "Solds" of 19th Century Swiss silver.
