Description
Swiss Nidwalden 1861 silver Shooting Taler; rare annual shooting festival commemorative issue – only 6,000 minted. Nicely toned XF. FREE SHIPPING WITHIN THE U.S. FOR THIS ITEM.
In the 1800th – early 1900th Swiss Cantons held official annual shooting festivals at various locations; these annual events were hugely popular. Each year the officials of the festival-hosting cantons would issue a small quantity of so-called “shooting Talers”. These coins were technically equal to 5 Swiss Francs but were mostly issued as commemoratives and some were given out as prizes to the participants. Most of these Shooting Talers are hard to find nowadays as just a fraction of the original mintages survived.
This specimen was minted by Nidwalden to commemorate the 1861 shooting festival (Richter-1022a, Krause-302). The original issue was just 6,000 coins; few 1000 survived. The coin is about 37 mm in diameter, 25 grams; reeded rim; medal alignment. Very attractive specimen with good overall eye appeal. Not cleaned with original light-gray patina; these are the actual photos. This original Swiss Nidwalden 1861 silver Shooting Taler is guaranteed to be genuine or your money back. I have more vintage European coins, as well as commemoratives, medals, badges, pins, and medals available for sale, please check out our Badges & Medals store section for additional listings.
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