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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WashQuartJesse, post: 3410489, member: 18323&quot;]I am now expanding my collecting beyond U.S. coins and recently made my <i>first</i> impulse buy (followed by a couple of more via Lord M) in well over a decade! Without any self-imposed confines, I feel very refreshed! By opening up the flood gates, I find myself reading, researching, and broadening my historical/numismatic knowledge. In other words, this is lots of fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>This 1716 Swiss Thaler of Zurich (DAV 1783) displays an attractive gun metal patina with lots of toning in hand. Although my photos do not suggest so, it also has a high degree of luster. It was straight-graded AU-55 by NGC and contains most of the details you’d expect to see on an uncirculated example (very few exist). The coin is 40mm in diameter, making it a large piece in hand. Unfortunately, this particular slab prevents one from getting a perfectly clear view of the coin’s edge, which <i>is</i> lettered. I located an informative reference, online, which did an excellent job of providing information pertaining to this series. It stated this text but I’m presently unable to re-locate it. This series ran from 1713-1717. One detail I observed, which I did not see mentioned, was the fact that there was an alteration in the obverse. Coins I’ve observed, minted as 1713 &amp; 1714, display the rampant lion standing on a “chess board” instead of the “terrain” depicted on this 1716 example.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leave it to the Swiss, to have minted such a fine coin, in the early part of the 18th century! Mintages appear to be unknown. Per NGC, to date, only 4 examples of this 1716 have passed through their halls.</p><p><br /></p><p>My apologies for these poor photos which do this coin, no justice. Even the coin’s reverse, is full of magenta, cobalt, and copper hues which surround the devices. This is a significant step back in time for me, but I do see what appears to be very faint hairlines within the fields. Under 5X, these do not appear to ever cross over the devices, but I can’t fully rule out some form of prior “cleaning,” at this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I am extremely satisfied with this particular coin and the direction it’s led me. For this reason, I’ve dedicated a single thread to it. I invite everyone to share your thoughts on this coin, non-U.S. collecting, and everything in between. Thanks for reading!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://beta.photobucket.com/u/bugchucka/p/32a0828c-79a0-4412-a25e-426d696d088e" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://beta.photobucket.com/u/bugchucka/p/32a0828c-79a0-4412-a25e-426d696d088e" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/o106/bugchucka/1/32a0828c-79a0-4412-a25e-426d696d088e-original.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1080&amp;fit=bounds" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://beta.photobucket.com/u/bugchucka/p/9fe38667-53c7-4b6f-b2d7-f2448547f799" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://beta.photobucket.com/u/bugchucka/p/9fe38667-53c7-4b6f-b2d7-f2448547f799" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/o106/bugchucka/1/9fe38667-53c7-4b6f-b2d7-f2448547f799-original.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1080&amp;fit=bounds" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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