Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction 16-21 Aug 2021
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SWITZERLAND. Appenzell Shooting Festival 1000 Francs, 1986. Bern Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo.
Hab-29. Mintage: 350. Intricately designed and carefully preserved, this low mintage shooting issue benefits from its display of a rampant bear, which is the heraldic charge of the city. Sold with the original ticket of issuance.
Hab-29. Mintage: 350. Intricately designed and carefully preserved, this low mintage shooting issue benefits from its display of a rampant bear, which is the heraldic charge of the city. Sold with the original ticket of issuance.
Quite possibly unique in its representation, the bear of Appenzell separates itself from others with its depiction of the bear's penis. While certainly an odd appearance in modern times, an omission of the "member" was seen as a grave insult in the days of yore, so much so that an exclusion by neighboring Saint Gallen during the printing of a calendar in 1579 almost results in the outbreak of broad scale fisticuffs.
Estimate: $1500 - $2000