Switzerland, Bern 5 Francs 1948 - NGC MS65

SWITZERLAND. Bern. 5 Francs. 1948

- Value: 5 Francs.
- Year: 1948.
- Inscriptions: On the obverse, HELVETIA accompanying the allegorical female seated beside a child bearing a branch, with the engraver's signature WEGER; on the reverse, 5 FR · CONSTITUTIO · ANNI MDCCCXLVIII · HELVETIAE FORTIORIS FUNDAMENTUM · 1948, with the Swiss cross at the bottom.
- Grading: MS65 (NGC).

Commemorative coin issued on the occasion of the centenary of the Swiss Federal Constitution of 1848, the foundational text of the modern Swiss federal state. The obverse presents an allegorical composition of high artistic quality, in which Helvetia is depicted as a maternal and protective figure, accompanied by a child symbolizing the nation’s future, with a smooth and balanced modeling of the volumes. The reverse, solemn and epigraphic in character, stands out for its clear typographic arrangement and the strong symbolic charge of the Swiss cross, reinforcing the institutional message of stability and constitutional continuity. The piece retains an attractive original luster with a light, uniform patina, well-defined reliefs and clean fields, showing only slight contact marks consistent with the MS65 grade, making it a highly representative and highly valued piece within Swiss 20th-century commemorative numismatics.

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