Item number: A1232

Year: AD 1913

Material: Gold

Size: 17.4 x 17.4 mm

Weight: 3.226 g

Manufactured by: Swissmint, Bern

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2024

This is a gold coin with a face value of 10 francs, issued by the Swiss Confederation in AD 1913. The coin is encircled by a beaded border. The obverse features a left-facing portrait of a young girl from the Oberhasli region of central Switzerland. Her hair is braided, and she wears an edelweiss wreath around her chest, with the distant Alpine Mountain range serving as the background.

In the lower left corner of the coin, the inscription “F. LANDRY” represents the initials of Swiss engraver Fritz Ulysse Landry. The name “HELVETIA” at the top of the coin is the formal Latin name for the Swiss Confederation, derived from the Helvetii, a Celtic tribe that inhabited the region before Roman times. When Switzerland reformed its federal system in AD 1848, the name “Helvetia” was chosen as a neutral term to avoid favouring any of the country’s four linguistic groups—German, French, Italian, and Romansh—preserving it as the official name to this day.

The reverse of the coin features the Swiss national emblem at the top—a white cross on a shield—adorned with radiant rays in the background. Along the lower edge is a depiction of an Alpine rhododendron branch, commonly found in the Swiss mountain regions. Below the branch is a capital letter “B,” signifying that the coin was minted in Bern, the de facto capital of Switzerland. The coin’s denomination, “10 FR” (10 francs), and the year of issue, “1913,” are inscribed in the centre.

The year following the issuance of this gold coin, Europe was engulfed in the flames of World War I. Switzerland, benefiting from its status of permanent neutrality guaranteed by the major European powers under the Congress of Vienna in AD 1848, was spared from direct involvement in the conflict. As a result, Switzerland became a refuge for exiles from various nations. Among the most notable figures who sought asylum in Switzerland was Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, who later returned to Russia with secret assistance from Germany to establish the Soviet Union.

物件編號: A1232

年代: 公元 1913 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 17.4 x 17.4 mm

重量: 3.226 g

製造地: 伯恩，瑞士造幣廠

來源: 福君錢幣 2024

這是一枚公元1913年，瑞士聯邦發行之面額10法郎的金幣，周圍以一道珠圈作為裝飾。錢幣正面為瑞士中部，奧伯哈斯里地區的少女左臉肖像，少女的頭髮編成辮子，並且於胸前配戴雪絨花花環，遠方以阿爾卑斯山脈為背景。

錢幣左下角印有「F.LANDRY」，即瑞士雕刻師弗里茨·烏利塞·蘭德里的名字縮寫。錢幣上方的「HELVETIA」為瑞士聯邦的正式國名「赫爾維蒂婭」。赫爾維蒂婭一詞源自前羅馬時代居住在當地的凱爾特部落，當公元1848年，瑞士再度組成聯邦之後，為避免偏頗國內任一德語、法語、義大利語和羅曼什語的族群，以拉丁化「赫爾維蒂婭聯邦」為國名延續迄今。

錢幣背面的上頭為瑞士國徽，白色正十字架圖騰，其背後以光輝作為裝飾。錢幣下緣為常見於瑞士山區的阿爾卑斯杜鵑枝條，枝條下方有一個大寫「B」，代表其是在瑞士實質首都的伯恩所鑄造。錢幣中間則打印10法郎面額「10 FR」和發行年份「1913」字樣。

這枚金幣發行的隔年，歐洲便捲入第一次世界大戰的戰火中。瑞士得益於公元1848年，歐洲各列強於「維也納會議」保證的永久中立地位，免於遭到戰火波及成為各方流亡者的避難處，其中最為知名的人士，即是後來在德國秘密協助下，返回俄羅斯建立蘇聯的布爾什維克領導人列寧。