quartered shield of arms on long cross fourchee
fully centred strike on good metal with legible legends and a clear portrait
otherwise very fine to good very fine and an extremely rare one mint mark only variety with its own Spink catalogue number
Latin legend with emblem and lozenge stops surrounding
51g (Pere 175
Switzerland Solothurn 1796 Half Duplone MS61 quartered shield of arms onSwitzerland, Solothurn, Avoyer Republic Period (1760 98), gold Half Duplone, 1796, crowned coat of arms with garland centre dividing inscription RESPUBLICA SOLODORNENSIS, rev. Saint Ursus of Solothurn standing centre holding flag, slanted sword behind, date below groundline, inscription SURSUS MARTYR surrounding, edge reeded, 3. 82g (KM 59; Fr. 392; HMZ 2 841b). An attractive example with lustrous, almost prooflike, fields, particularly on the