Switzerland. Zurich. 20 Batzen. 1813 #sherborne Issued to seamen aboard ships

Issued to seamen aboard ships on Merchant Navy transport duties on behalf of the admiralty

WS (North 1851

Diameter 61 mm

These coins were struck in 22ct gold and weigh 7

Theunis Johannes Du Toit was born on 8 February 1915 and was appointed Lieutenant in the South African Tank Corps in September 1940

Switzerland. Zurich. 20 Batzen. 1813 #sherborne Issued to seamen aboard shipsFirstly, lets deal with the NGC attribution. UNC DETAILS CLEANED. I cannot see any evidence at all that this coin has been cleaned, either recently or in antiquity. The very attractive grey brown steel blue tone looks totally natural. The box in which it was stored is photographed and is clearly quite old. Other than very few contact marks, this is near mint, and rare in this condition I did consider taking this out of the plastic holder, but I will