As I promised
you in the latest post, today I am going to tell you about the second finding. This
time it is something small but I guess
it has a bigger value. So the first questions which probably appears in your
mind is: What is it? Well, it is a coin, but not a normal one like one groszy. It is a coin called the Swiss
franc. When I found out about it, I decided to look for more information, and
as usually in such a situation I surf on Internet. The coin of the Swiss franc
is official coins used currently in Switzerland, but it is not the most
surprisingly fact about it.
According Wikipedia, these coins are among the
world’s oldest coint valid today. That is why, I am so happy to have this coin
in my collection. What is more, it was unusually to find it on the ground in
the forest. As you can imagine it should not have been something easy to pick
it up in such a place like forest where
everything is grass-grown and normally, when you lose something there you will
not find it easily or in the worst situation at all. However, I was lucky, I remember that I was
walking slowly admiring my surroundings and suddenly something flashed on the
green not so far away from me. Not thinking too much I got close and took a
closer look at the surface and immediately I notice the coin. When I took it in
my hands, at first sight I thought "Wow, it must be some ancient
coin" and I felt as an explorer who had found a forgotten treasure. The
truth is that transcription written in Latin bluff me.
The
circulating of the coins have changed and since 2004, the existing pure nickel
20 centime coins have been withdrawn from the circulation because the was a
problem with machines which could not
detect them. Nowadays, in circulation there are seven coins and all
coins except 5 centime coin in aluminum bronze (one of which I have found) are
in a copper nickel.
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