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Medal "Bundestaler" - Swiss Confederation Thaler

Features

Location SwitzerlandSwitzerland (1848-date)
Type Commemorative medals
Years 1546-1550
Composition Silver
Weight 31.15 g
Diameter 44 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
337814
References SMP# 1
Ueli Friedländer; 1989. Schweizer Medaillen: aus altem Privatbesitz = Swiss Medals. Bank Leu, Zürich, Switzerland.
, Wunderly 1# 3416
Wilhelm Tobler-Meyer; 1896. Die Münz- und Medaillen-Sammlung des Herrn Hans Wunderly v. Muralt in Zürich / Band 1. Münzen und Medaillen der Stadt und des Kantons Zürich und der ehemaligen Benedictinerabtei Rheinau: Erläutert und beschrieben von Wilhelm Tobler-Meyer. Albert Müller Kommissions-Verlag, Zürich, Switzerland.

Commemorative issue

Swiss confederation

Obverse

William Tell from Uri, Werner Stauffacher from Schwyz, and Arnold of Melchtal from Unterwalden taking the Rütli Oath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
+ WILHELM TELL VON VRE · STOVFFACHER VON SCHWYZ · ERNI VON VNDERWALD
+ ANFANG · DESS PVNTZ · IM IAR · CHRISTI · 1296 ·
I-S

Translation: William Tell from Uri, Stouffacher from Schwytz, Erni from Unterwalden. Beginning of the confederation, in the year of the God 1296.

Engraver: Jakob Stampfer

Reverse

13 coats of arms on square shield in an outer circle, clockwise: Zürich, Bern, Uri, Unterwalden, Glarus, Fribourg, Appenzell, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Basel, Zug, Schwyz, and Lucerne. Seven coats of arms on square shields in an inner circle. Clockwise: Imperial Abbey of Saint Gall, Imperial City of St. Gallen, the Republic of the Seven Tithings, the Imperial City of Mulhouse, Biel, the Imperial City of Rottweil, and the Three Leagues. Swiss cross in the centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 13 · 12 · 11 · 9 · 7 · 5 · 3

Engraver: Jakob Stampfer

Mint

Zürich, Switzerland

Comments

Likely produced in 1546 or later for the 250th anniversary of the confederation.

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Medal "Bundestaler" - Swiss Confederation (Thaler)Picture 1 of a sold Medal "Bundestaler" - Swiss Confederation (Thaler)
Jean Elsen & ses Fils
Auction 123
Lot 1670
Internet Archive
6 Dec 2014 VF
(about VF)
USD 417.93
(EUR 360.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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