Years 1850 and 1851
Alloy: silver (Ag 0.900)
Diameter: 37mm
Weight: 25.0g (22.5g fine)
Demonetized: February 1, 1934
Motif: sitting Helvetia
Design: Friedrich Fisch, Aarau
Engraving: Antoine Bovy, Geneva
Mint mark
A
Year 1855
On the occasion of the Swiss confederate shooting match in Solothurn.
Alloy: silver (Ag 0.900)
Diameter: 37mm
Weight: 25.0g (22.5g fine)
Motif: sitting Helvetia
Design: Friedrich Fisch, Aarau
Engraving: Antoine Bovy, Geneva
without mint mark
Years 1873 and 1874
Alloy: silver (Ag 0.900)
Diameter: 37mm
Weight: 25.0g (22.5g fine)
Demonetized: February 1, 1934
Motif: sitting Helvetia
Design: Friedrich Fisch, Aarau
Engraving: Antoine Bovy, Geneva
Mint mark
B (1874:
B and
B.)
Years 1888 to 1916
Alloy: silver (Ag 0.900)
Diameter: 37mm
Weight: 25.0g (22.5g fine)
Demonetized: February 1, 1934
Motif: Helvetia's head
Designs:
Karl Schwenzer, Stuttgart (obverse)
Christian Bühler, Berne (reverse)
Engraving: Karl Schwenzer, Stuttgart
Mint mark
B
Year 1922
Alloy: silver (Ag 0.900)
Diameter: 37mm
Weight: 25.0g (22.5g fine)
Demonetized: February 1, 1934
Motif: Shepherd's head
Design: Paul Burkhard, Richterswil
Mint mark
B
Variations 1922, 1923 and 1924
Year 1923
Alloy: silver (Ag 0.900)
Diameter: 37mm
Weight: 25.0g (22.5g fine)
Demonetized: February 1, 1934
Motif: Shepherd's head
Design: Paul Burkhard, Richterswil
Mint mark
B
Variations 1922, 1923 and 1924
Years 1924 to 1928
Alloy: silver (Ag 0.900)
Diameter: 37mm
Weight: 25.0g (22.5g fine)
Demonetized: February 1, 1934
Motif: Shepherd's head
Design: Paul Burkhard, Richterswil
Mint mark
B
Variations 1922, 1923 and 1924
Years 1931 to 1967, 1969
Alloy: silver (Ag 0.835)
Diameter: 31mm
Weight: 15.0g (12.525g fine)
Demonetized: April 1, 1971
Motif: Shepherd's head
Design: Paul Burkhard, Richterswil
Mint mark
B
Year 1968
Alloy: Cu-Ni
Diameter: 31mm
Weight: 13.2g
Motif: Shepherd's head
Design: Paul Burkhard, Richterswil
Mint mark
B
Years 1970 to 1984
Alloy: Cu-Ni
Diameter: 31mm
Weight: 13.2g
Motif: Shepherd's head
(from 1982
)
Design: Paul Burkhard, Richterswil
without mint mark B
Year 1985
Alloy: Cu-Ni
Diameter: 31mm
Weight: 13.2g
Demonetized: January 1, 2004
Motif: Shepherd's head
Design: Paul Burkhard, Richterswil
without mint mark B
incuse edge lettering
Years 1986 to 1993
Alloy: Cu-Ni
Diameter: 31mm
Weight: 13.2g
Demonetized: January 1, 2004
Motif: Shepherd's head
Design: Paul Burkhard, Richterswil
Mint mark
B
incuse edge lettering
Years 1994 to today
Alloy: Cu-Ni
Diameter: 31mm
Weight: 13.2g
Motif: Shepherd's head
Design: Paul Burkhard, Richterswil
Mint mark
B