5 Franc    (sold for $292.0)

1881, Switzerland, Fribourg (Canton). Large Silver Shooting Thaler (5 Fr.) Coin.

Mint Year: 1881
Mintage: 30,000 pcs.
Medallist: E. Durossel
Region: Fribourg (Switzerland)
References: Davenport 389, HMZ 2-1343m, Martin 217, KM-XS15.
Condition: Scattered bag-marks and scratches, otherwise a nice AU with crisp details!
Denomination: 5 Francs ("Shooting Thaler") - Commemorating the Entry of Fribourg and Solothurn into the Swiss Confederation during 1481.
Material: Silver (.835)
Diameter: 37mm
Weight: 25gm

Obverse: Female laureate and togate personification of the Swiss Confederation, holding Swiss flang and olive branch. A shooter holding a crossbow and an armoured foot soldier, holding sword and axe, both leaning on shields.
Legend: ENTREE DE FRIBOURG & SOLEURE DANS LA CONFEDERATION SUISSE / 1481
Translated: "Entry of Fribourg and Solothurn into the Swiss Confederation / 1481."

Reverse: Swiss cross within ray of lights above arms of Bern in front of crossed rifles and wreath. Denomination (5 Fr.) below.
Legend: TIR FEDERAL A FRIBOURG 1881
Tranlsated "Federal shooting in Fribourg."

Fribourg, is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district of Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland (Romandy). Its Old City, one of the best maintained in Switzerland, sits on a small rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine.