I know it's only bullion.....

but it is such pretty bullion I don't know why, but this design captivates me.....

 

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nice

Beutiful coins,they look like mexican commenartives,correct? May i ask what you payed for them?

 

Well Helvetia is Swiss, the cross is a Swiss Cross, and the mountain is Matterhorn.
But I never saw that coin before.
You have to tell us more Becky.

 

Simply gorgeous, thanks for posting pictures

Take Care
Ben

 

Not a coin but a bullion piece. Yet very nice!

The seated Helvetia, in a slightly different position (arm stretched out), can be found on various Swiss coins such as the 0.5 to 5 fr pieces from the mid-19c. The Matterhorn/Cervin was also depicted on two 2004 commems, one bimetallic, one silver ...

Christian

 

Wonderful Becky.

Some of the current bullion issues are quite nice.

 

Excellent design, especially the Matterhorn. Thanks for sharing

 

Becky,you will find these listed - in Krause's 'Unusual World Coins',that is!

Aidan.

 

Becky,did you look up those Swiss bullion medal-coins yet?

Aidan.

 

I never seen this coin before Aidan and do not have the book you speak of.
Is this indeed produced by the Swiss for I do not recognize the unze, to me it looks southern african.

 

Andy,the word 'Unze' (or plural; 'Unzen' ) is definitely the German word for 'Ounce'.You can report these to Tom Michael at Tom.Michael@fwpubs.com .

Aidan.

 

Right, and a piece from Southern Africa would not say "Helvetia" either. While I cannot really "decipher" the sign on the Matterhorn side (bottom left) of those medals, it looks similar to the Argor-Heraeus logo ...

Christian

 

Christian,the only pieces from southern Africa that are inscribed 'Unze' & 'Unzen' are from Namibia.These were issued in 1987 to commemorate the German Rider statue.They're listed in Krause's 'Unusual World Coins'.

The name 'Helvetia' is actually Latin,as Switzerland has 4 official languages - French,Swiss-German,Italian (spoken in the Canton of Ticino),& Romansch (spoken in the Canton of Graubunden).

Aidan.

 

The silver is KM #XMB14b, 2500 minted, proof piefort.

The gold is KM #X-MB13, 9800 minted.

There are also 1/10, 1/4, 1, and 12 ounce examples of these 1 year type gold proofs. They produced far more gold than silver.

 

Nambia, thanks Aidan I thought I saw those the word unze before didn't know it was a german word as well.

 

Andy,Namibia is the only British Commonwealth country that has German an official language.

Here's an article; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia .

Aidan.

 

Don't know how many people in Namibia speak German. But it's certainly not an official language there ...

Christian

 

Christian,more people in Namibia speak German than English,but the most common language that is spoken is Afrikaans.

Here's another article,this time,numismatically-related; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibian_dollar .

Aidan.

 

Yes, I've always found it a little strange that English, while being a "minority language", is the only official language in Namibia. But maybe German and Afrikaans are connected to the colonial past too much. Anyway, thanks for that Namibian dollar link. I had no idea that the "mark" was seriously taken into consideration when they picked a name for their currency.

And back to Switzerland ... What I don't quite understand is why those bullion rounds would be listed as coins (albeit "Unusual Coins"). They do not have a face value and (AFAIK) have never been legal tender ...

Christian