The Silbertaler Lucerne was never legal tender. Issued by the city of Lucerne as a shooting festival thaler — specifically for the William Tell shooting festival series — it occupied the same tradition as the 19th-century Swiss Schützentaler, coins produced to commemorate the federal and cantonal rifle meetings that were central to Swiss civic identity and militia culture. The X# prefix confirms its status as an unofficial local issue, catalogued by Krause under their "Unusual World Coins" classification rather than the main national series.
The Silbertaler Lucerne was never legal tender. Issued by the city of Lucerne as a shooting festival thaler — specifically for the William Tell shooting festival series — it occupied the same tradition as the 19th-century Swiss Schützentaler, coins produced to commemorate the federal and cantonal rifle meetings that were central to Swiss civic identity and militia culture. The X# prefix confirms its status as an unofficial local issue, catalogued by Krause under their "Unusual World Coins" classification rather than the main national series.