Medal 'Bundestaler' - Swiss Confederation Cast, 1/3 thaler

€1.00
LocationSwitzerland › Switzerland (1848-date)
Year1546-1550
TypeCommemorative medal
CompositionSilver
Weight10.68 g
Diameter43 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueCast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
NoticeJ. Stampfer
Reference(s) SMP#2
Obverse descriptionWilliam Tell from Uri, Werner Stauffacher from Schwyz, and Arnold of Melchtal from Unterwalden taking the Rütli Oath.
Obverse 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.)
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse description13 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.
Reverse lettering1 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 13 · 12 · 11 · 9 · 7 · 5 · 3
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverZürich, Switzerland
MintageND (1546-1550)  - -
Catalog ID7737969520
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