Very interesting, I did not know about"Confoederatio Helvetica" just that the coin had a female personification on the coin!😀
Interesting that they are 83.5% silver, I'm sure they probably kept it at this amount to keep it from wearing out during circulation!😀
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I learned a lot that I didn't know, I found it really interesting. The lower silver I'm sure helped make them hold up better and less expensive to produce. Thanks!
I guess if you look at it from the mints point of view, they aren’t looking for pure .999 they are looking at longevity and cost !😇
Also working on my post for today, the coin is French but very close to the same in size and purity as the Swiss one. It must have been a treaty at that point to keep the currencies between European nations interchangeable.
I think you are correct, I’ve noticed that when comparing the gold French franc to the Swiss😇