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in Switzerland firearm ownership and the
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citizenry's ability to stand up against
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tyranny has for more than 500 years
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played a central role in the national
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identity in this coin week video we
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discuss the convergence politics and
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newmatics and collecting modern Swiss
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dollers a unit of ss citizens dressed in
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Napoleonic a uniform march across a
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field these individuals represent a
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tradition of Citizen soldiers in the
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Swiss Confederation it's a tradition
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that dates back centuries a tradition
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that is Illustrated perfectly by The
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Legend of William Tell as a legend goes
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tell was a man unbowed tell refused to
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pledge FY to hatsura Gessler and made a
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public display of not bowing to his hat
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which sat perched at top of pole in the
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city Square to punish tell for his act
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of Disobedience gesler gave him a choice
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he and his son could die or tell a
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master of the crossbow could shoot an
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apple off of the top of his son's head
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tell did just that splitting an apple
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with a crossbow bolt he saved a second
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gastler it was tell's Act of defiance it
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was said that launched a nationwide
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Revolt leading to the formation of the
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Confederacy fact or fiction the story
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lives on and is a part of the fabric of
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culture numismatic important Swiss
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shooting Fowlers were first struck in
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1842 they were struck as momentos of the
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festivals the following fowers available
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for a limited time at modern qu Mark
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were issued during the modern period
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winter thur is a city in the Canton of
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Zurich located in Northern Switzerland
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it traces its history back to Roman
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times and today Blends history music and
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industry the 1990 shooting Festival is
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commemorated in this silver medal the
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obverse features two female figures one
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representing helvetica and the other
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representing the city of winther around
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the rim reads the inscription adinos
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schen Fest the federal Marksman
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Festival on the reverse a wreath and two
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rifles the inscription here reads on Lo
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Spa Onsen Fest redeemable at the
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Festival skipping ahead a few years our
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second example is from
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2008 this shooting fer is struck to
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commemorate the festival at
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Geneva Geneva is the second largest city
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in Switzerland a french-speaking city
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Geneva is a Global Financial cter that
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sits at third in a recent survey of the
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top cities in the world to live for the
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2008 shooting fer the design recalls the
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18 1996 design and features a woman in
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chest plate and a short flowing dress
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holding a bow a loft having just
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released an arrow around the design the
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inscription in French tier cantono Val
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lot in Metra Genova 2008 on the reverse
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in French and German is the
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redeemability instructions of the
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metal in 2015 the shooting F represented
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the festival at ballet a southern Canton
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of Switzerland that is known for its
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wine production winter skiing and
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Industry the fer is impressive in its
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detail with a hunter and a naked goddess
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on the offers the inscription reads
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anos by now you are familiar with the
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reverse this year shooting fer was
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struck for the festival at Zino Loc ated
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valet toino joined the Swiss
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Confederation in 1803 and is populated
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by Italian Swiss speakers it is a region
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known for its natural beauty and Mild
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weather although geographer malte Brun
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was no fan the averse features the swis
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scata svetica holding out a wreath
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symbolizing the Confederation a glory of
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Sun Ray at her back a shield surmounted
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by a hat to her right the inscription
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reads an Italian hero Canal tiin the
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reverse is bilingual in Italian and
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German Swiss shooting Fellers are iconic
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numismatic items of the modern series
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continues a more than 100-year-old
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tradition for the Swiss and for Freedom
