1 Thaler Switzerland Silver

        Overview
            
                    Coins 
                    (4) 
            
        Prices (4)
            
        Sell/Buy
        
        Edit
            
            Visits

Improve description

Denomination:

1 Thaler (about Thaler)

Metal:

Silver

State:

Switzerland

Issue year(s):

1806

Catalog reference:

Jaeger-29 (1)

1806, Swiss Cantons, Bern. Silver “Gymnasium” Thaler (40 Batzen) Coin.

Region: Bern (Switzerland)
Mint Period: 1806 (not dated)
References: Davneport -, Meier/Häusler 155, SM-727
Denomination: “Gymnasium” Thaler of 40 Batzen (official thaler-sized school award medal of the gymnasium of Bern City).
Weight: 29.74gm
Diameter: 39mm
Material: Silver

Obverse: Togate city goddess (Tyche, peronification of Bern City) standing below palm (symbol for knowledge) and pointing to its high crown.
Legend: TURGENT IN PALMITE GEMMAE ("The buds swell on the joyful stem!")
Exergue: GYMNASIUM BERNENSE.

Obverse: Crowned oval shield with arms of Bern (bear walking left) within wreath.
Legend: RESPUBLICA BERNENSIS

The canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâ¢tel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south lies the Valais. East of the canton of Bern lie the cantons of Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne and Aargau. The canton of Bern is bilingual (French and German). The cantonal capital, also the Federal capital, is Bern.

type to read more

4 coins in the group

(1200 X 580 pixels, file size: ~237K)
Posted by: anonymous 2016-12-08
SPEZIALSAMMLUNG BERN Gymnasialprämie o. J. (1806). Av. Gekröntes Stadtwappen in Lorbeerkranz. Rv. Stadtgöttin vor Palme. 29.12 g. Schweizer Medaillen 727. Wund. 1386. Attraktive Patina. Fast FDC.

(1537 X 720 pixels, file size: ~233K)
Posted by: anonymous 2016-10-19
1806, Swiss Cantons, Bern. Silver "Gymnasium" Thaler (40 Batzen) Coin. AU+ Region: Bern (Switzerland) Mint Period: 1806 (not dated) References: Davneport -, Meier/Häusler 155, SM-727, KM-. RR! Condition: Scattered marks in obverse, probably dipped/lightly cleaned ...

(900 X 444 pixels, file size: ~157K)
Posted by: anonymous 2016-12-17
BERN Studentenpfennig o. J. (1806). Für Gymnasianer. 29.65 g. Meier 155. Schweizer Medaillen 727. FDC / Uncirculated.

(900 X 439 pixels, file size: ~141K)
Posted by: anonymous 2015-09-02
SCHWEIZ Bern Studentenpfennig o. J. 29.80 g. Meier 155. Prachtvolle Erhaltung. FDC.

Related items recently sold in WWW