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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2735341, member: 39&quot;]Nice coin except that is not Wilhelm Tell. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The piece depicts an Alphirt (alpine shepherd), but quite a few in Switzerland like the idea that the - probably fictitious - hero might have looked like this guy. (Some background info in German is <a href="http://www.swissmint.ch/d/downloads/dokumentation/numis_beri/5FR-BURK.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.swissmint.ch/d/downloads/dokumentation/numis_beri/5FR-BURK.pdf" rel="nofollow">here (PDF)</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As you wrote, there are several different versions of that 5 Fr coin. The earlier ones (1922-1928) were 900 silver, and demonetized in 1934. The later ones (1931-1969) were Ag835 and demonetized in 1971.</p><p><br /></p><p>But even the copper-nickel issues are tricky. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The coins made between 1968 and 1981 use the inverse ↑↓ alignment and are legal tender. 1982-1984: parallel ↑↑ alignment, legal tender. 1985-1993: ↑↑ and demonetized in 2004. And finally 1994-today: ↑↑ and legal tender.</p><p><br /></p><p>The demonetized Cu-Ni coins have an incused edge inscription; those were apparently counterfeited to some extent. The others have a raised inscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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