My Swiss Shooting Medals Back from NGC

I know this will be considered a bad thing by a few of the "die hard" medal collectors, yet I did this for sake of preservation. With such low mintage for some of these, I prefer having them sealed for the long term rather than oxidizing.

I took a few "quick and dirty" images as they are on their way to the bank vault.

 

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Those are very nice!!

 

Zohar, this thread made my night. Beautiful medals, especially that R#19a. And I certify my better Schutzenfest medals too to preserve them for future generations.

I have come to expect nothing but the best from you and once again you have proved me right.

I'll post a few of photos of some of mine in a few minutes before they went to NGC.

 

wow ! very nice !

 

A 1904 Zurich, Richter #1789a, 27mm with 1000 struck in silver. And a beautiful design from Huguenin.



NGC graded this MS-62. Possibly the best helmet design ever!

 

And a 1901 Luzern:

A nice big (45mm) piece of Swiss silver, and with 7000 struck, you won't spend a lifetime finding one. Still at NGC.

 

A 1906 Nyon, Richter # 1610a........

Only 400 of these were struck.
NGC said MS64, and I agree. Don't you love her flying saucer hat?

 

Here are two of the same medal with a slight variation. Both are Richter catalog #420, dated 1905, from Fribourg. These are silver, 33mm, with 858 struck.

The first came in the display case, and is extremely toned and never cleaned. It is signed "HOLY FRERES" on the reverse, the same as the one in the Richter catalog.


NGC says MS-62.

The second has very little toning, and may have been lightly cleaned at one time.

This one is signed "Holy Frs", I wonder how many were produced like this?


Still at NGC.

 

Here's a medal that is a bit of a mystery. At first glance it appears to be a Richter #1130b, 1911 Olten, 23mm silver and one of 440 produced.
But there is the letter "A" in the diamond on the obverse, and the 1130b, according to Richter, has no letter.
The Richter #1131a does have the "A" in the diamond but was only struck in gold. So this medal is a bit of a mule.


NGC called it an R#1131b and gave it a MS62. Mystery solved.

 

1893 wow now that is Ultra High Relief too bad last year's uhr didnt look this good. I guess st. gauden didnt have face sculpting talent! The 1887 with blue sky just fantastic! I do like the shields with bullet holes. You have opened my eyes to medals I honestly thought they were less artistic then coins. I was wrong.

 

Here is my 1895 Winterthur, R#1756b.



The details here are amazing, and the medal has no flaws that I could find.
NGC gave it a conservative MS62.

 

The relief on some of these is amazing, possible with medals but not with coins intended for circulation.

 

Here's an 1892 Glarus (Richter #808b) that appears to have been cleaned a bit but still has strong AU/UNC details.



Richter values this at $180 in UNC, I'll guess this is probably still worth about $120. I may sell it on eBay to concentrate on the Holy Freres medals.

Fifty-five of these were struck in gold (#808a) and are worth $3500 in MS condition. Try finding one...

 

Richter #1183, 1910 Gossau from the Canton of St. Gallen. 1450 were struck in silver and these are currently worth $40 in VF and $120 in UNC.



This one grades a decent VF, and the price was right. I think I like these smaller (this is 27mm) medals more than the full size 45mm ones. Sometimes less is more.

 

Richter #239b, 1899 Langenthal from the Canton of Bern. 30mm, 850 struck in silver, currently worth $40 in VF and $120 in UNC.



NGC graded this MS-62.

 

Richter #272, a 1912 Herzogenbuchsee from Bern. About the size and weight of an American nickel at 24mm.




NGC called this MS-62.

 

Another medal purchased from Rod Moore, a gorgeous 1920 oval Luzern pinback.
36mm x 26mm, silver, engraved by Burger. Catalogs at $150 in VF and $280 in UNC.




Richter #894, scarcity rating RR, one of my rarest Schutzenfest medals by far.

Still at NGC.

 

A beautiful 1911 Basel (Richter #133) from a Swiss dealer. Worth about $40 in VF and $120 in UNC.




Hans Frei designed this medal as well as the beautiful R132 (1909 Basel) and the R134 (1914 Sissach).

NGC graded this as MS-63, a bit optimistic. If it takes a lifetime I will own an R132.

 

And a nice 1906 Ruti (Richter#1792c) from Zurich engraved by Holy Freres. Worth about $25 in VF and $75 in UNC.
1000 were struck in silver and 70 in gold. I would jump at the chance...




With a dab of well aged Swiss dark chocolate on the reverse. At least I hope it's chocolate...

NGC called this MS-62. I agree.

 

Here's another medal purchased from Rod Moore, a 1907 from Stans in Nidwalden.
Richter #1032, 23mm, silver, only 520 struck. Engraved by Holy Freres.
Worth about $50 in VF / $150 in UNC.




A real beauty. NGC said AU-58, which I feel is VERY conservative.