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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3071280, member: 39&quot;]The bear makes sense because that shooting taler is from Bern, and both the city and canton of Bern (Berne) have a bear in the CoA. According to popular etymology <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the name Bern is derived from or related to the word Bär (bear).</p><p><br /></p><p>The tower depicted on the piece, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zytglogge" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zytglogge" rel="nofollow">Zytglogge</a>, can also be found on a 2003 collector coin dedicated to Bern&#039;s Old Town (Unesco Cultural Heritage series). <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-2003b-CHF-20-obverse.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-2003b-CHF-20-obverse.png" rel="nofollow">obverse</a> / <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-2003b-CHF-20-reverse.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-2003b-CHF-20-reverse.png" rel="nofollow">reverse</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another shooting taler, from the <a href="https://www.muenzenwert.de/Muenzkatalog/Schweiz/Schuetzentaler/5_Franken/5_Franken_1885_C43.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.muenzenwert.de/Muenzkatalog/Schweiz/Schuetzentaler/5_Franken/5_Franken_1885_C43.html" rel="nofollow">Federal Festival</a> in Bern, in 1885.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1885 festival is also the subject of this piece. <a href="http://www.coinhirsch.de/AUDaten/338-340/WWWOut/03736-WWW.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinhirsch.de/AUDaten/338-340/WWWOut/03736-WWW.jpg" rel="nofollow">Three bears</a> for the price of one ... medal. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Not sure whether the eyelet is original or was added later.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this is a bear saying Hello to a woman. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The bear represents Bern of course, and the lady is supposed to be Switzerland. That <a href="https://www.ma-shops.de/sesambestcoins/item.php?id=27164" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.de/sesambestcoins/item.php?id=27164" rel="nofollow">medal from 1853</a> commemorates the 500th anniversary of Bern&#039;s joining the alliance that later became the Swiss Confederation.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://muenzen-huber.ch/shop/media/images/popup/medschbe016.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://muenzen-huber.ch/shop/media/images/popup/medschbe016.JPG" rel="nofollow">This medal</a> commemorates a cantonal shooting festival in 1931. The woman&#039;s <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berner_Festtagstracht.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berner_Festtagstracht.jpg" rel="nofollow">headgear</a> is similar to what the lady on your taler has.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of these shooting talers were not actually coins, but they could be used as means of payment at the festival. Also, if you go through the posts that [USER=13450]@Zohar444[/USER] made here, you will come across many more ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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