Edwin Tobler

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Edwin Tobler (born May 12, 1922 in St. Gallen ; legal domicile in Teufen AR ) is a Swiss coin collector and numismatist .

Life

Edwin Tobler was born in St. Gallen in 1922, where his parents ran a small delicatessen shop. He grew up in Herisau , where he completed an apprenticeship as a baker and confectioner. To see something of the world, he went to Sweden as a pastry chef for a few years, where he began to be interested in coins. After his return, Tobler worked as a civil servant for the Zurich transport company , initially as a tram conductor and later as a teller. Despite an only average income, Tobler managed to build up a remarkable coin collection of high scientific value. He concentrated on the small coins, which until then had been neglected by collectors, and was able to acquire great rarities for his collection thanks to his outstanding knowledge. Parts of his collection are now in various museums, such as his Schaffhausen coins in the coin collection of the Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen . Tobler is considered by experts to be the best connoisseur of Swiss small coinage , perhaps even of modern Swiss coinage in general.

Tobler is widowed, has a daughter and lives in the Zurich Unterland .

Publications

Zurich numismatists encouraged Edwin Tobler in the 1960s to put his knowledge on paper. Since then, he has written a number of the fundamental works on Swiss numismatics. A compilation up to 1992 can be found in Schweizer Münzblättern 167 (August 1992), pp. 106-109. Particularly noteworthy are

  • with Jean-Paul Divo : The coins of Switzerland in the 19th and 20th centuries. (Zurich / Lucerne 1967, 2nd edition 1969).
  • with Jean-Paul Divo: The coins of Switzerland in the 18th century. (Zurich 1974).
  • Saints on Swiss coins. (Bern 1974).
  • with Jean-Paul Divo: The coins of Switzerland in the 17th century. (Zurich 1987).
  • with Benedikt Zäch and Samuel Nussbaum : The coinage of the city of St. Gallen, 1407–1797. (St. Gallen 2008).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helene Arnet: The coin expert who was embarrassed. In: Tages-Anzeiger from March 20, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Tobler, Edwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss coin collector and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen