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Disentis-Caischavedra railway

Location Switzerland (1848-date)
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Thickness 1.8 mm
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Obverse description Central relief depicting the Caischavedra aerial cable car cabin suspended from its supporting pylon and cables, with the Disentis Abbey church — featuring its distinctive onion-domed towers — shown in the background. The legend arcs around the upper portion of the field.
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Reverse description The field is dominated by a three-line inscription in large relief lettering. To the upper left, a small depiction of a cable car cabin suspended from a pylon with cables appears above the text. Below the inscription, a funicular or rack-railway car is shown in relief between two horizontal lines. The Argor-Heraeus hallmark and fineness mark appear in the exergue.
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