Medal "Bundestaler" - Swiss Confederation ½ thaler

Features

Location	Switzerland › Switzerland (1848-date)
Type	Commemorative medals
Years	1546-1550
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.18 g
Diameter	43.1 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 337815
References	SMP# 3 Ueli Friedländer; 1989. Schweizer Medaillen: aus altem Privatbesitz = Swiss Medals. Bank Leu, 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 VO⁻ SCHWYZ · ERNI VO⁻ 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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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1546-1550)

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