Each denomination. Did some googling, couldn't find much info. I'd really like to put together a type set of silver Swiss coins, I love the design. Feel free to post your Swiss coins, by the way, I don't mind drooling.
Looking at my 1900-2000 Krause book... Half Franc: Most all are common though there are a handfull that are more rare, especially at higher grades. The 1901 is the most rare with a mintage of 200,000. Other better dates are pretty much everything through 1914, especially 1904 (400k), and 1916 and 1921. Franc: 1901 through 1913, 1932, 1934, 1936. Again, 1901 and 1904 are the key dates with mintages of 400k each. 2 Franc: Better dates are 1901 through 1916, 1937. Keys would be 1901, 1904, 1908 1909, 1910, 1916, all with mintages in the low hundreds of thousands. 5 Franc: 1904 to 1916 are all very scarce. 1924, 1928. The best dates are 1904 (40k), 1912 (11k!), 1916 (22K), 1924 (182K), 1928 (24K). Now, there were not issues each year...for example, 5 franc coins were minted in 1904. 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912...etc. but not in the years in between. This is true for all issues - there are skipped years. For dates other than the above mentioned, many issues had several million minted. Hope this helps. LMK if you want more specific info about any issue!
FYI, some of those coins, especially the ultra-rare 5 francs would probably have a 4-digit price tag in mid-grades. But many of the other better dates are much more reasonable in XF/AU or even BU. What grade were you thinking of looking for? Many of these coins (as far as the book value which doesn't really mean anything as wek know...but still...) jump from 10 bucks in VF to 200 or more in XF.
I love the design too...i bet a lot of people are tired of it after 100 years lol but I think its a nice, classic design. After all, I'd rather look at this Than this any day.
I know the 5 franc coins are rare in most grades and go for good money regardless, whichever one of those I choose will be a more common one since I'd like a set in 64-66. Probably will go with semi-keys across the board if prices are too high. I really appreciate the info, though!
Yeah, if you stay away from the ultra-rare 5 francs, and the 1901's and 1904's in most of the other issues, you can get nice BU semi-keys for probably a couple hundred apiece in the other issues. There are a couple of very nice 1937 2 francs on ebay right now http://www.ebay.com/itm/1937-B-Swit...9489365?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item1e760b94d5 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Switzerland...6598329?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item35c2827d39
I'm probably going to roll with raw coins since I want to put them in a custom holder. I figure it'll be easier to find high-grade raw foreign than US, given most key or semi-key date US coins in better grades get slabbed... and are waaaay outta my budget.
I've never found a silver Swiss coin while roll searching. I did inherit a few, but sold them because they were unattractive and there was a key date in the bunch, as well as a well-worn 5 franc. Got like $300 for the lot, way more than I was expecting. Kinda regret it now, ha.
I have a few high grade Swiss coins. I find them to be very attractive. Especially well struck with booming luster.
Unattractive in terms of toning, sorry I wasn't clear about that. They were pretty much covered in mottled black toning.
Oh yeah...I find myself looking at some of those Swiss shooting medals over and over. They are absolutely stunning.
'28 5 Francs, without question, is the absolute key of the set. If you are going to do 5FR, start from small size ('31). Then the '52 is a key, but doable. 1901 is a key for all silver types, with the 1FR being the easiest of those.
other swiss coins with a very nice design are the :,,sitting helvetia,, 1/2,1,2 and 5 Francs coins But in higher grades they can be very pricey.
Simplify your life. If your library has a Krause within the past 10 years, go photocopy 6 pages, 1 rappen through 5 francs. Cost, 60 cents + gas. Problem solved.
