Details
LOT 3703
Switzerland AR 2 Francs. Dated 1863.
Mint B (Bern). Design by Ferdinand Korn. HELVETIA , Helvetia seated to left, wearing laurel wreath and toga, with right arm raised, and holding shield with coat of arms of Switzerland in left hand, plow and wheat spikes to the right, mountains behind / Denomination and date within wreath formed of oak and alpine rose branches tied with a ribbon below. HMZ 2 1222; Divo/Tob19 303; KM 10a; Schön 22a; Y 28. Very Fine.(9.72gr, 27mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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