Medal 'Bundestaler' - Swiss Confederation ⅔ thaler

€1.00
LocationSwitzerland › Switzerland (1848-date)
Year1546-1550
TypeCommemorative medal
CompositionSilver
Weight21.45 g
Diameter46.24 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticeJ. Stampfer
Reference(s) SMP#3 var.
Obverse descriptionThe three representatives of Uri, Schwyz, and 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 ID6359973660
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