5 Franc    (Verkauft für $270.0)

1865, Switzerland, Schaffhausen. Silver Shooting Thaler (5 Franken) Coiin.

Mint Year: 1865
Mintage: 10.000 pcs.
Designer: Antoine Bovy
Denomination: 5 Francs ("Shooting Thaler")
References: Davenport 382, HMZ  2-1343f, KM-XS8. R!
Condition: Small scratches in fields, lightly toned, otherwise XF-AU!
Material: Silver (.835)
Diameter: 37mm
Weight: 25gm

Obverse: Draped and mailed figure of Helvetia, wearing a turreted crown (as Tyche), seated right holding shield and laurel wreath and sword between legs. A young boy ("Tellknabe") standing before her, holding a pierced apple on a shooter´s arrow in raised left hand. City walls in the background. Incuse engraver´s signature (A.BOVY) at 4 o'clock.

Reverse: Arms of Schaffhausen superimposed upon Swiss cross within quatrilobe.
Legend: EIDGENÖSSISCHES SCHÜTZENFEST IN SCHAFFHAUSEN 1865 – 5 Fr.
Translated: "Federal shooting festival in Schaffhausen 1865 – 5 Fr."

Schaffhausen was a city state in the Middle Ages, documented to have struck its own coins starting in 1045. For a time it was under Habsburg domination, but regained its independence in 1415. It allied itself with Zurich in 1457, and became a full member of the Swiss Confederation in 1501. The first railroad came to Schaffhausen in 1857.