Switzerland, Schaffhausen. Silver Shooting Thaler (5 Fr.) Coin.
Mint Year: 1865 Mintage: 10.000 pcs. Designer: Antoine Bovy Denomination: 5 Francs References: Davenport 382, HMZ 2-1343f, KM-XS8. Material: Silver (.835) Weight: 25.02gm Diameter: 37mm
Obverse: Draped and mailed figure of Helvetia, wearing turrented 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 background. Reverse: rms of Schaffhausen superimposed upon Swiss cross in quatrelobe. Legend: EIDGENÖSSISCHES SCHÜTZENFEST IN SCHAFFHAUSEN 1865 – 5 Fr. Translated: "Federal shooting festival in Schaffhausen 1865 – 5 francs"
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.