SWISS CONFEDERATION
MEDALLIC ISSUE SHOOTING THALER COMMEMORATIVE
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: WILBLIAM TELL AND SON STANDING ON A ROCK, CROSSBOW HELD IN WILLIAM'S RIGHT HAND; FIGURES DIVIDE COMMEMORATIVE DATES (1291-1991).
REV: SHIELD OF ARMS OF SWITZERLAND WITH CROSSED MUSKETS SURROUNDED BY THE SHIELDS OF THE SWISS CANTONS; SWISS SHIELD FLANKED BY EDELWEISS AND OAKLEAF SPRAYS; DATE BELOW ARMS.
THIS MEDALLIC ISSUE IS STRUCK IN THE TRADITION OF A SWISS SHOOTING THALER OR SHOOTING FESTIVAL COMMEMORATIVE AND IS LEGALLY EQUAL TO 100 FRANCS IN DENOMINATION. WILLIAM TELL IS A FOLK HERO OF SWITZERLAND, AND CREDITED WITH STARTING THE REBELLION THAT LED TO SWISS INDEPENDENCE. IN LEGEND, THE EXPERT CROSSBOWMAN TELL WAS FORCED TO SHOOT AN APPLE OFF OF HIS SON'S HEAD BY THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNOR OF ALTDORF AS PUNISHMENT FOR HIS REFUSAL TO BOW TO AUTHORITY.
X# MB17
CONTAINS 31.1030 GRAMS OF .999 PLATINUM (1.0 OZ APW)
33 MM IN DIAMETER
