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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 738593, member: 39&quot;]That is a medal, not a coin. Switzerland did issue two coins on this occasion (a 20 fr silver coin and a 250 fr gold coin) but this one seems to be some private issue. The CoA in the upper picture, next to man and the woman, is the one of Schwyz, one of the Swiss cantons (sort of states) and part of the first or &quot;old&quot; federation. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland#Old_Swiss_Confederacy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland#Old_Swiss_Confederacy" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland#Old_Swiss_Confederacy</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So maybe this piece is part of a series. Cannot decipher the &quot;signature&quot; at 8 o&#039;clock next to the couple, and the mintmark (or whatever it is) at roughly 5 o&#039;clock on the other side, sorry. But they may be helpful when it comes to identifying the piece and its origin ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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