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Premature 1692 post moved to keep things chronological. See, I am a team player!

1891 Bern Kantonal Schutzenfest Richter #215 Franz Homberg a- Silver 45mm 1656 struck $60 VF / $200 UNC b- Bronze 45mm 1380 struck $40 VF / $120 UNC Looks silver and UNC (or AU+) and has some remarkable toning. 1894 Bern Thun Kantonal Schutzenfest Richter #228 Franz Homberg a- Silver 45mm 1452 struck $60 VF / $200 UNC b- Bronze 45mm 724 struck $40 VF / $120 UNC I think it’s silver, it is AU with nice even toning. 1896 Geneva Shooting Exposition Richter #691 Hugues Bovy a- Silver 47mm 966 struck $60 VF / $180 UNC b- Bronze 45mm 1202 struck $40 VF / $120 UNC If this was gold it would be worth a fortune. 1890 Thurgau Frauenfeld Schutzenfest Richter #1250 Hugues Bovy a- Gold 45mm (69.3 grams!) 119 struck $1500 VF / $3500 UNC b- Silver 45mm 5760 struck $60 VF / $150 UNC c- Bronze 45mm 4500 struck $30 VF / $80 UNC Looks bronze and UNC to me. A popular medal. 1887 Geneva Federal Shoot Richter #628 Hugues Bovy a- Gold 45mm (76 grams!) 12 struck Scarcity rating RRR Basically worth as much as a new Audi or BMW with money left over for gas, even at $5 a gallon… b- Silver 45mm 39030 struck $50 VF / $150 UNC d- Bronze 45mm 4354 struck $40 VF / $120 UNC Looks like you have a bronze medal here, UNC except for the two light dings on the cross. Nothing really super rare here, more a nice mini-Schutzenfest collection of uncleaned Hugues Bovy and Franz Homberg medals in excellent condition. Thanks for posting the photos here!

Sharon - Excellent photos, and happy to see you didn't try to clean these. When I get home from work today I'll look up your medals in my Richter book and post their catalog numbers and values here.

Sharon - If you register with Photobucket (www.photobucket.com) you can upload the photos to them and then use the IMG code they supply to post them here. You can resize photos there as well. 640x480 works well here, or 800x600. It's free and pretty easy to use. And you'll get better at this the more you do it. We're a fairly patient lot and won't make fun of you. If you have questions just ask... I'm quite interested in seeing a photo of the 1681 medal, which is most likely a coin.

I like how you think. A beautiful presentation for 1695, thanks for getting us through that difficult date porthos. And here's another nice 1695 from Austria from vajaho.....

Even an ugly 1695 will do. As long as we can read the date...

And a nice 1906 Ruti (Richter#1792c) from Zurich engraved by Holy Freres. Worth about $25 in VF and $75 in UNC. 1000 were struck in silver and 70 in gold. I would jump at the chance... With a dab of well aged Swiss dark chocolate on the reverse. At least I hope it's chocolate...

A beautiful 1911 Basel (Richter #133) from a Swiss dealer. Worth about $40 in VF and $120 in UNC. Hans Frei designed this medal as well as the beautiful R132 (1909 Basel) and the R134 (1914 Sissach) If it takes a lifetime I will own an R132. Love the basilisk.

Another medal purchased from Rod, a gorgeous 1920 oval Luzern pinback. 36mm x 26mm, silver, engraved by Burger. Catalogs at $150 in VF and $280 in UNC. Richter #894, scarcity rating RR, my rarest Schutzenfest medal by far.

Hi Dave, welcome to CP! Nicely laid out website, easy to navigate, with some really beautiful notes. I had nearly forgotten how much I like the old violet 5 franc note (P.72). And those Chambre Of Commerce local issues are quite interesting. Nice job.

Around 1989 I used to purchase a pack of $1's from the bank every Friday to search for stars, errors and fancy serial numbers. Hundreds of web press notes passed through my hands, but because they were so ugly I never kept any of them. A pack of B District (New York) web notes is now worth over 15 times face...

I took my wife shopping today and arrived home just in time to miss the mailman and two nice Schutzenfest medals from Switzerland. I'll pickup the package at my Post Office on Monday and post some photos. One of them is from Basel and features the basilisk I am so fond of.

Onto 1695!

The 1678 West Friesland 6S is a fairly scarce date, however I think I paid too much for it, believing it was VF or better. NGC called it F12, and they are probably correct. So it's a bittersweet coin. I'll sell it one day, but until I need the money, it stays. The photos turned out pretty good, you'll see... My new avatar was obviously inspired by yours Marianne, and is from a very nice French silver medal that I won on eBay from a lovely woman in Belgium. Enough of my jibber jabber, who has the 1695?

I just realized I have a 1692 Liard from the Spanish Netherlands to contribute. A nice one too. Oh, and a 1678 Netherlands 6S Silver Ship Shilling from West Friesland. Marianne will like it. How could I have forgotten about these? Too many coins for an old geezer to remember them all?

I hope she posts a photo of the coin. Excellent research there Frank, imagine if it is one of the two rare ones...

A new medal I won from Rod's father's auction... Richter #272, a 1912 Herzogenbuchsee from Bern. About the size and weight of an American nickel at 24mm. A beautiful uncleaned silver example, thank you Mr. Moore. This medal was a joint collaboration between Holy Freres and Linck, this "team" also created the Richter #272 and #275. A finders fee for anyone who can locate for me a Richter #270, the 1912 Bumpliz, one of the scarcer Holy Freres creations. The name speaks for itself...

1707 Netherlands gold ducat from Utrecht and one of my favorites..... I'm out until 1666. See you in 40 years...

We have had duplicates for a few of the years, as long as you get it in on time, no worries I suppose. And as you have seen, it's fairly simple to leave a place marker. (Please see bobh's entry above for precise instructions.) As for ten coins per year, we have had dates that took a month for one coin to emerge. It's a good idea in theory, but... Ready with a 1707. Who has the 1709?

A nice 1712 Swiss 1/2 Ducat with a better than average strike.

It does make perfect sense that the "A" branded medals were restrikes, I'm still glad I bought it though. And yes, I have found two other Holy Freres related errors (omissions) in the Richter book. Again, still glad I bought it. I'm easily pleased...

Crusty coins count YeOlde, in fact they are encouraged, as long as we can read the date... Well struck 1717 2-Reale VFox, see you in fifty years! Onto 1716...

Richter #239b, 1899 Langenthal from the Canton of Bern. 30mm, 850 struck in silver, currently worth $40 in VF and $120 in UNC. And I see I won your auction Rod...

Richter #1183, 1910 Gossau from the Canton of St. Gallen. 1450 were struck in silver and these are currently worth $40 in VF and $120 in UNC. This one grades a decent VF, and the price was right. I think I like these smaller (this is 27mm) medals more than the full size 45mm ones. Sometimes less is more.

Another beautiful taler, you have quite a remarkable collection there WCG. Every coin I have seen is a winner. Ready with 1712 and 1707 gold. Scanned and already uploaded to Photobucket. Who has our 1718?