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The name of the subunit is <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Centime" title="Centime">centime</a></i></span> in French and internationally,<sup id="cite_ref-EN_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EN-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Rappen" title="Rappen">Rappen</a></i></span> in German, <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">centesimo</i></span> in Italian, and <span title="Romansh-language text"><i lang="rm">rap</i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SR941_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SR941-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are coins in denominations of 5 centimes, 10 centimes, 20 centimes, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> franc (50 centimes), 1 franc, 2 francs, and 5 francs.<sup id="cite_ref-SR941_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SR941-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All coins have the legend of either <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Helvetia</i></span> or <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Confœderatio Helvetica</i></span>, the <a href="/wiki/Name_of_Switzerland" title="Name of Switzerland">Latin name of the Swiss Confederation</a>, along with the year number. The 5, 10, and 20 centimes coins show a head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> in profile, designed by Karl Schwenzer (1879). The <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>, 1, and 2 francs coins show a standing figure of the national personification <i><a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a></i>, designed by Albert Walch (1860). The 5 francs coin on the obverse shows a portrait of an "alpine herdsman" (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Alphirte</i></span>), designed by Paul Burkhard (1922), and on the reverse the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_coat_of_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss coat of arms">federal coat of arms</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-5liber_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5liber-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> additionally it has the inscription <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Dominus Providebit</i></span> embossed on the edge. </p><p>The original series of coins introduced in 1850 consisted of nine denominations. To this were added three denominations of <a href="/wiki/Gold_coin" title="Gold coin">gold coins</a>, 10, 20, and 100 francs, between 1897 and 1925, following the standards of the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union" title="Latin Monetary Union">Latin Monetary Union</a>. The 1 and 2 centimes coins were retired from circulation in 2007 and 1978, respectively. The gold coins have never been officially retired, but they are not in circulation as their gold value far exceeds their denomination. Therefore, there remain seven different denominations in circulation, as listed above. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1batzvaud1829.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/1batzvaud1829.jpg/220px-1batzvaud1829.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/1batzvaud1829.jpg/330px-1batzvaud1829.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/1batzvaud1829.jpg/440px-1batzvaud1829.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><i>Konkordatsbatzen</i> (Vaud 1829)</figcaption></figure> <p>The name <i>Swiss franc</i> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Schweizer Franken</i>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Franc suisse</i>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Franco Svizzero</i>) was given to a silver coin minted in Bern from 1757, and later also in Basel, Solothurn and Lucerne. The value of this coin was 10 <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Batzen" title="Batzen">Batzen</a></i></span>. The name <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Franc" title="Franc">franc</a></i></span> was taken from the colloquial name of the French <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Livre_tournois" title="Livre tournois">livre tournois</a></i></span>, since 1726 defined as 4.5 grams of fine silver. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Helvetic_Republic" title="Helvetic Republic">Helvetic Republic</a>, in 1799, there were plans to introduce a <a href="/wiki/Decimalisation" title="Decimalisation">decimal</a> currency system based on the Bernese currency, with a Swiss franc corresponding to 6.6149 grams of fine silver, equivalent to 10 <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Batzen</i></span> or 100 <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Rappen</i></span>. These coins were not minted due to a shortage of silver during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. During the Swiss Mediation period (1803–1814), Swiss currency reverted to a variety of cantonal <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">francs</i></span>. In the <a href="/wiki/Restoration_and_Regeneration_in_Switzerland" title="Restoration and Regeneration in Switzerland">Restored Confederacy</a>, from 1825, the western cantons (Bern, Basel, Fribourg, Solothurn, Aargau, Vaud) formed a "monetary concordate" (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Münzkonkordat</i></span>) for the unification of their currencies, producing a standardised <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Konkordatsbatzen</i></span>. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Schweizer_Franken_1850.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Schweizer_Franken_1850.jpg/300px-Schweizer_Franken_1850.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Schweizer_Franken_1850.jpg/450px-Schweizer_Franken_1850.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Schweizer_Franken_1850.jpg/600px-Schweizer_Franken_1850.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1621" data-file-height="954" /></a><figcaption>Series of coins of the 1850 batch</figcaption></figure> <p>The modern Swiss franc was introduced in 1850, two years after the formation of <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_as_a_federal_state" title="Switzerland as a federal state">Switzerland as a federal state</a>. The federal law establishing the new currency was passed on 7 May 1850. For practical reasons, the Swiss franc was initially created as having parity with the <a href="/wiki/Franc_germinal" class="mw-redirect" title="Franc germinal">French franc</a> of the day (introduced 1795), with 1 franc equivalent to 5 <a href="/wiki/Gram" title="Gram">grams</a> of silver at 90% purity. The official exchange rate with the cantonal <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">concordate</i></span> currency was seven <i><a href="/wiki/Batzen" title="Batzen">Batzen</a></i> to one franc. </p><p>The first coins of the Swiss franc were minted in Paris, Brussels and Strasbourg, until the former cantonal mint of Bern was made ready to begin production as <a href="/wiki/Swissmint" title="Swissmint">federal mint</a>. The batch of coins produced in 1850 and 1851 was insufficient, and the Federal Council had to resort to authorising the circulation of French, Belgian and Italian coins. The first coins minted in Berne were issued in 1857. There was no federal <a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc" title="Banknotes of the Swiss franc">paper money</a> prior to 1907, with the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_National_Bank" title="Swiss National Bank">Swiss National Bank</a>, although the cantons had the right to issue banknotes. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:10cts1879.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/10cts1879.jpg/220px-10cts1879.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/10cts1879.jpg/330px-10cts1879.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/10cts1879.jpg/440px-10cts1879.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>A ten-centimes/rappen coin from 1879. It holds the Guinness World Record for oldest original currency in circulation.</figcaption></figure> <p>The design of the original 1850 coins was due to Alexander Hutter for the copper coins (realised by Jean-Jaques Barre of Paris), to Karl Friedrich Voigt of Munich (1800–1874) for the <a href="/wiki/Billon_(alloy)" title="Billon (alloy)">billon</a> coins, and to Friedrich Fisch of Aarau for the silver coins (the "seated Helvetia" motif). Voigt's design for the reverse side, consisting of the coin value in wreaths of grapes, oak leaves and gentian, remains in use in the current coins, while his design of the federal coat of arms on the obverse was replaced in the 1870s. </p><p>The designs of the coins in current use, other than the 5 francs coin, are due Albert Walch (1816–1882). The original plates for the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>, 1 and 2 francs coins were cut by Geneva medalist Antoine Bovy (1795–1877) in 1874. The "head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a>" used on the 5, 10 and 20 centimes coins was realised by <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Kingdom of Württemberg">Württemberg</a> medalist Karl Schwenzer (1843–1904) in 1879. The 5 francs coins of 1888–1918 were also realised by Schwenzer, based on a design by Christian Bühler of Bern, but the 5 francs coin as the only Swiss coin in current use was given a complete redesign in the 20th century, first used in the 1922 batch, based on a design of an "alpine herdsman" by Paul Burkhard of <a href="/wiki/Richterswil" title="Richterswil">Richterswil</a> (1888–1964). </p><p>Switzerland joined the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union" title="Latin Monetary Union">Latin Monetary Union</a> in 1865. The 5-franc coin of 90% silver was unlimited legal tender together with gold, while 2-, 1,- and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-franc coins of 83.5% silver were made subsidiary or limited legal tender. The billon coins (5% to 15% silver) were also subsidiary; they were replaced by <a href="/wiki/Cupronickel" title="Cupronickel">Cupronickel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">Nickel</a> in 1879. In 1918/19, there was experimentation with brass (Cu–Zn) versions of the 5 and 10 centimes coins, but these were again retired in 1924. </p><p>In 1968, the 83.5% silver coins were also replaced by Cupronickel, as the value of the silver in the alloy had exceeded its face value, and the silver coins were taken out of circulation in 1971. The 2 and 1 centime coins were taken out of circulation entirely in 1978 and 2007, respectively. The 5 centimes coin was switched to a yellow-metal (<a href="/wiki/Aluminium_bronze" title="Aluminium bronze">Aluminium bronze</a>) alloy in 1981, and the white-metal (Cupronickel) 5 centimes coins of 1879–1980 were retired in 1984. The (magnetic) Nickel versions of the 20 centimes coin (1881–1938) were retired in 2004, leaving the 10 centimes coins of 1879 onwards as only 19th-century coins that remain in official circulation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bronze_coins">Bronze coins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bronze coins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 centime: bronze (1.2g), replaced with zinc (1.5g) in 1942; designed by Alexander Hutter; obv: federal coat of arms with <a href="/wiki/Phrygian_cap" title="Phrygian cap">liberty cap</a> and the legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Helvetia</i></span>, rev: numeral 1 in a wreath. Minted again in bronze in 1948 (1.5g); redesigned by Josef Tannheimer; obv: <a href="/wiki/Swiss_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss cross">Swiss cross</a> with legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Helvetia</i></span>, rev: numeral 1 and an ear of corn. Taken out of circulation in 2007.</li> <li>2 centimes: bronze (2.5g), replaced with zinc (2.4g) in 1942; designed by Alexander Hutter; obv: Swiss coat of arms with <a href="/wiki/Phrygian_cap" title="Phrygian cap">liberty cap</a> and the legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Helvetia</i></span>, rev: numeral 2 in a wreath. Minted again in bronze in 1948 (3.0g); redesigned by Josef Tannheimer, obv: <a href="/wiki/Swiss_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss cross">Swiss cross</a> with legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Helvetia</i></span>, rev: numeral 2 and an ear of corn. Taken out of circulation in 1978.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Billon_coins">Billon coins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Billon coins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>5 centimes: billon (5% silver, 1.67g); designed by Karl Friedrich Voigt; obv.: federal coat of arms with wheat ears and legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Helvetia</i></span>, rev: numeral 5 in a wreath. Minted from 1879 in cupronickel (Cu-Ni, 2.0g); obv: head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (design by Karl Schwenzer), legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Confœderatio Helvetica</i></span>. Minted in cupronickel from 1879-1980, except in 1918 (brass, Cu-Zn), 1932-1939 and 1941 (nickel). Minted in aluminium-bronze (Cu-Zn-Al) since 1981; all pre-1981 versions were taken out of circulation in 1984.</li> <li>10 centimes: billon (10% silver, 2.5g); designed by Karl Friedrich Voigt; obv.: federal coat of arms with <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak leaves</a> and legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Helvetia</i></span>, rev: numeral 10 in a wreath. Minted from 1879 in Cupronickel (Cu-Ni, 3.0g); obv: head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (by Karl Schwenzer), legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Confœderatio Helvetica</i></span>. Minted in cupronickel from 1879-present except in 1932-1939 (pure nickel). The 1850–1876 coins were taken out of circulation in 1886; the coins of 1879 onward remain legal tender. As the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Batzen</i></span> in the concordate currency of the 1820s represented a tenth of a franc (in pre-revolutionary currency: a seventh of a franc), the 10 centime coin retained the name of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Batzen</i></span> colloquially. This coin, unchanged in design and composition since 1879, entered the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest original currency in circulation.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>20 centimes: billon (15% silver, 3.25g); designed by Karl Friedrich Voigt; obv.: federal coat of arms with <a href="/wiki/Edelweiss" class="mw-redirect" title="Edelweiss">edelweiss</a> and legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Helvetia</i></span>, rev: numeral 20 in a wreath. Minted from 1881 in nickel (4.0g); obv: head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (by Karl Schwenzer), legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Confœderatio Helvetica</i></span>. Minted since 1939 in cupronickel (Cu-Ni); pre-1938 coins were taken out of circulation in 2004.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Silver_coins">Silver coins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Silver coins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>, 1, 2 and 5 francs coins were silver, from 1968 Cupronickel. The pre-1969 coins were taken out of circulation in 1971. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1⁄2_franc"><span id="1.E2.81.842_franc"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> franc</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1⁄2 franc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> franc coin of 1850/1851 was 2.5g of 90% silver; obv: seated <a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a> (by Friedrich Fisch), rev: "<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> Fr." in a wreath. In 1875 debased to 83.5% silver, design changed to obv: standing <a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a> (by Albert Walch). From 1968: Cu–Ni (2.2g). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1_franc">1 franc</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1 franc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1 franc coin was 5.0g of 90% silver; obv: seated <a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a> (by Friedrich Fisch), rev: "1 Fr." in a wreath. In 1860 debased to 80% silver, design changed to obv: standing <a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a> (by Albert Walch). 1875–1967 83.5% silver, from 1968: Cu–Ni (4.4g). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2_francs">2 francs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2 francs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2 francs coin of 1850/1857 was 10.0g of 90% silver; obv: seated <a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a> (by Friedrich Fisch), rev: "2 Fr." in a wreath. 1860: 80% silver, obv: a <a href="/wiki/Swiss_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss cross">Swiss cross</a> in a circle of stars, rev: legend <i>2 Francs</i> in a wreath. 1860–1863: return to the seated Helvetia motif. From 1874: standing <a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a> (by Albert Walch). 1874–1967: 83.5% silver, from 1968: Cu–Ni (8.8g). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="5_francs">5 francs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 5 francs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Solothurn1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Solothurn1.jpg/150px-Solothurn1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Solothurn1.jpg/225px-Solothurn1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Solothurn1.jpg/300px-Solothurn1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="439" data-file-height="437" /></a><figcaption>The "seated Helvetia" motif on the obverse of the 5 francs <a href="/wiki/Shooting_thaler#Solothurn" title="Shooting thaler">Schützentaler</a> of 1855.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 5 francs coin of 1850 was modelled on the French 5 franc coin of 1795, which saw wide circulation in western Switzerland. The old Swiss franc of the <a href="/wiki/Helvetic_Republic" title="Helvetic Republic">Helvetic Republic</a> was also known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">livre suisse</i></span> ('Swiss pound'), and the colloquial name <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCnfliber" class="extiw" title="de:Fünfliber">Fünfliber</a></i></span> of the 5 franc coin retains the denomination <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">livre</i></span> 'pound'.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original 5 francs coin of 1850/1851, <a href="/wiki/Shooting_thaler#Solothurn" title="Shooting thaler">1855</a>, and 1873/1874 was 25.0 grams of 90% silver. The obverse side showed the seated <a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a> figure (by Friedrich Fisch) with the legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Helvetia</i></span>, the reverse "5 Fr." in a wreath. 1888–1916: obv: head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (by Karl Schwenzer), with legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Confœderatio Helvetica</i></span>, rev: engrailed federal coat of arms in a wreath, "5" and "F on either side of the shield. The edge has an inscription in relief: <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Dominus Providebit</i></span> with 13 stars (in groups of 10 and 3). </p><p>In 1922, the coin was re-issued. The reason was a substantial loss of silver coins during World War I; many Swiss coins had been melted into bullion in France and Italy, and the Swiss National bank had been authorized to issue temporary 5 francs banknotes. A first competition for the redesign in 1919 received 542 entries by 202 artists. In a second competition, two designs of an "alpine herdsman" by Paul Burkhard were chosen, but the Federal Council asked Burkhard to reduce the full-body depiction to a bust.<sup id="cite_ref-5liber_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5liber-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final design on the obverse shows the bust of an alpine herdsman in semi-profile, with the legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Confœderatio Helvetica</i></span>, rev: federal coat of arms without hatching, flanked by <a href="/wiki/Edelweiss" class="mw-redirect" title="Edelweiss">edelweiss</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gentian" class="mw-redirect" title="Gentian">gentian</a>, legend "5 Fr." above the shield, the rim inscription was as in 1888–1916. In 1931, the 5 francs coin was reduced from 25 to 15 grams, and debased from 90% to 83.5%, for a fine silver content of 12.5 grams in the coins of 1931–1967 (compared to 22.5 grams in the coins of 1850–1928). </p><p>A first batch in Cupronickel (13.2g) was made in 1968, a final batch in silver in 1969. The 1985–1993 versions had the rim inscription engraved rather than embossed; these coins were taken out of circulation in 2004. </p><p>There has been some debate as to the significance of the 13 stars on the edge. In reaction to a suggestion that they represent the <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Cantons" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirteen Cantons">Thirteen Cantons</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edmund Platel, director of the federal mint, in a 1899 article asserted that they hold no significance, being merely used as filler between the words.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Swissmint publication of 2008 references a popular belief that their division in groups of 3 and 10 has a religious significance (for the Trinity and the Ten Commandments), but classifies this as "unfounded speculation", as the division into these groups has technical reasons in the production process.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There has also been speculation as to the person depicted as "alpine herdsman" by Burkhard, with candidates named as Jost Schilling of <a href="/wiki/B%C3%BCrglen,_Uri" title="Bürglen, Uri">Bürglen</a> (1864–1938), Sepp Maria Planzer of Riedertal near Bürglen (1881–1964) and <a href="/wiki/Schwingen" title="Schwingen">wrestler</a> Franz Betschart of Ingenbohl (1871–1949).<sup id="cite_ref-5liber_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5liber-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Collector's_value"><span id="Collector.27s_value"></span>Collector's value</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Collector's value"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some of the older coins have considerable collector's value, especially the rarer batches of the 5 franc coin. The 1873 version of the 5 francs coin, produced in a small batch of 30,000 pieces, sees offers upward of CHF 2,000 in auctions.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The even rarer 1912 version, produced in a batch of 11,000 pieces, upward of CHF 3,000.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The extremely rare 2 francs coin of 1857, produced in a trial run of 622 pieces, is sold for upward of CHF 15,000.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rarest and most highly priced Swiss federal coins are the silver coins of 1896, minted in very small numbers. These coins are traded for amounts in excess of CHF 30,000.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gold_coins">Gold coins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gold coins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Vreneli" title="Vreneli">Vreneli</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20_CHF_1890_131415.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/20_CHF_1890_131415.jpg/220px-20_CHF_1890_131415.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/20_CHF_1890_131415.jpg/330px-20_CHF_1890_131415.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/20_CHF_1890_131415.jpg/440px-20_CHF_1890_131415.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="244" /></a><figcaption>20 francs coin of 1890</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20_Schweizer_Franken_Goldvreneli.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/20_Schweizer_Franken_Goldvreneli.png/150px-20_Schweizer_Franken_Goldvreneli.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/20_Schweizer_Franken_Goldvreneli.png/225px-20_Schweizer_Franken_Goldvreneli.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/20_Schweizer_Franken_Goldvreneli.png/300px-20_Schweizer_Franken_Goldvreneli.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><i>Vreneli</i> head in the final design of 1897</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:25_CHF_and_50_CHF_1955.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/25_CHF_and_50_CHF_1955.jpg/220px-25_CHF_and_50_CHF_1955.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/25_CHF_and_50_CHF_1955.jpg/330px-25_CHF_and_50_CHF_1955.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/25_CHF_and_50_CHF_1955.jpg/440px-25_CHF_and_50_CHF_1955.jpg 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="548" /></a><figcaption>The CHF 25 and CHF 50 coins planned in the 1950s. <small>CHF 50: The Three Confederates based on the 1914 statue by <a href="/wiki/James_Vibert" title="James Vibert">James Vibert</a>, legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">In nomine Domini</i></span>. CHF 25: The figure of <a href="/wiki/William_Tell" title="William Tell">William Tell</a> based on the 1897 painting by <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Hodler" title="Ferdinand Hodler">Ferdinand Hodler</a>, legend <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">In armis libertas et pax</i></span>.</small></figcaption></figure> <p>The 20 francs gold coin was introduced in 1883, in the same design as the 5 francs coin at the time (with the Liberty head by Albert Walch, facing left, on the obverse, and a coat of arms designed by Albert Walch on the reverse). It contained 6.45g gold at 90% purity. Trial production of 20 francs coins were made in 1871 and 1873, in four batches: in 1871, 200 pieces of a coin with the legend "20 FR." in a wreath, and 30 pieces with a head of Liberty design by Durussel; in 1873, coins with a seated Helvetia motif by Dorer in two batches of 1000 and 80 pieces, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1895, the Federal Council decided that the coin should be made with a novel design. From a total of 21 suggestions, a depiction of Helvetia by Neuchâtel artist Fritz Ulysse Landry (1842–1927) won second place. His Helvetia figure was criticized as too young and romantic, and the alpine panorama as too intrusive. Landry revisited his design and the revised design was chosen for the coin. It shows a female head with tresses in profile, with a garland of <a href="/wiki/Edelweiss" class="mw-redirect" title="Edelweiss">edelweiss</a> and an alpine panorama . A trial run of only 12 pieces shows the head with an additional forelock which was removed as "too frivolous". The final design was still criticized as still too frivolous for a national representation, but at the same time it was widely popular and given the endearing nickname of <i>Vreneli</i>. </p><p>The coin was minted between 1897 and 1949 with a total issue of 58.6 million pieces. A 10 francs version of the coin was produced from 1911 to 1922, with a total issue of 2.6 million. In 1925, 5,000 pieces of a 100 francs version were minted. The <a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc#First_series" title="Banknotes of the Swiss franc">first series</a> of banknotes, issued 1907, included no 10 or 20 francs denomination. The gold coins existed in circulation alongside the corresponding banknotes during 1911–1936. With the devaluation of 1936, the gold value of the 20 franc coin rose to 28 francs. In spite of this, production of the 20 francs coin continued until 1949, and the coin has never been officially retired from circulation, even though its gold value has now risen far beyond its nominal value of 20 francs.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The pre-1897 versions of the 20 francs coin are very rare. Trial versions were produced in 1871 in two designs at 200 and 30 pieces, respectively, in 1873 in 1,000 and 80 pieces, respectively. A small number of coins was made from gold mined in the Gondo mine (<a href="/wiki/Zwischbergen" title="Zwischbergen">Zwischbergen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">Valais</a>): 25 pieces in 1893, 19 pieces in 1895, 29 pieces in 1897. </p><p>Two additional gold coins, with nominal values of 25 and 50 francs, were planned in the 1950s. The design was chosen in 1954, the 25 francs coin represented <a href="/wiki/William_Tell" title="William Tell">William Tell</a> and the 50 francs coin the <a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCtli_oath" class="mw-redirect" title="Rütli oath">Rütli oath</a>. A total of 15 and 6 million pieces of the 25 and 50 francs version, respectively, were minted in 1955, 1956 and 1959. However, in the interest of maintaining the national gold reserves, the coins were never given into circulation and remained the property of the Swiss National Bank. In a press release of February 2009, it was made public that all of these coins had been melted back into bars except for a remainder of 20,000 coins of each type and year (for a total of 120,000 surviving pieces).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Circulation">Circulation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Circulation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 2004 the pure nickel 10 centime coins of the years 1932-1939 and 20 centime coins of the years 1881–1938 have been withdrawn from circulation because machines cannot detect them. Today, all the coins except the current 5 centime coin (aluminium-bronze since 1981) are in a copper-nickel (<a href="/wiki/Cupronickel" title="Cupronickel">cupronickel</a>) alloy. Seven coins are currently in circulation: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Image</th> <th>Value</th> <th>Diameter</th> <th>Thickness</th> <th>Mass</th> <th>Composition</th> <th>Years</th> <th>Edge</th> <th>Obverse</th> <th>Reverse </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#ffe550;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:F%C3%BCnfrappen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/F%C3%BCnfrappen.jpg/200px-F%C3%BCnfrappen.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/F%C3%BCnfrappen.jpg/300px-F%C3%BCnfrappen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/F%C3%BCnfrappen.jpg/400px-F%C3%BCnfrappen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="212" /></a></span></td> <td>5 centimes</td> <td>17.15 mm</td> <td>1.25 mm</td> <td>1.8 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aluminium_bronze" title="Aluminium bronze">Aluminium bronze</a><br />92% Cu, 6% Al, 2% Ni</td> <td>1981–present</td> <td>Plain</td> <td>Head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (Karl Schwenzer), "CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA", year </td> <td>"5", wreath of grapes </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zehnrappen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="10 Swiss Rappen 1995"><img alt="10 Swiss Rappen 1995" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Zehnrappen.jpg/200px-Zehnrappen.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Zehnrappen.jpg/300px-Zehnrappen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Zehnrappen.jpg/400px-Zehnrappen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="212" /></a></span></td> <td>10 centimes</td> <td>19.15 mm</td> <td>1.45 mm</td> <td>3 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cupronickel" title="Cupronickel">Cupronickel</a><br />75% Cu, 25% Ni</td> <td>1879–1915, 1919–1931, 1940–present</td> <td>Plain</td> <td>Head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (Karl Schwenzer), "CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA", year</td> <td>"10", wreath of oak leaves </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zwanzigrappen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="20 Swiss Rappen 1995"><img alt="20 Swiss Rappen 1995" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Zwanzigrappen.jpg/200px-Zwanzigrappen.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Zwanzigrappen.jpg/300px-Zwanzigrappen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Zwanzigrappen.jpg/400px-Zwanzigrappen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="212" /></a></span></td> <td>20 centimes</td> <td>21.05 mm</td> <td>1.65 mm</td> <td>4 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cupronickel" title="Cupronickel">Cupronickel</a><br />75% Cu, 25% Ni</td> <td>1939–present</td> <td>Plain</td> <td>Head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (Karl Schwenzer), "CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA", year</td> <td>"20", wreath of gentian </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:F%C3%BCnfzigrappen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="50 Swiss Rappen 1995"><img alt="50 Swiss Rappen 1995" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/F%C3%BCnfzigrappen.jpg/200px-F%C3%BCnfzigrappen.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/F%C3%BCnfzigrappen.jpg/300px-F%C3%BCnfzigrappen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/F%C3%BCnfzigrappen.jpg/400px-F%C3%BCnfzigrappen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="212" /></a></span></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> franc (50 centimes)</td> <td>18.20 mm</td> <td>1.25 mm</td> <td>2.2 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cupronickel" title="Cupronickel">Cupronickel</a><br />75% Cu, 25% Ni</td> <td>1968–present</td> <td>Milled</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a> shown standing (Albert Walch), "HELVETIA", circle of 23 stars,<sup id="cite_ref-23stars_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23stars-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "A.BOVY INCT"</td> <td>"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> Fr.", year, wreath of oak leaves and gentian, "B"<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Einfranken.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1 Swiss franc 1995"><img alt="1 Swiss franc 1995" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Einfranken.jpg/200px-Einfranken.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Einfranken.jpg/300px-Einfranken.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Einfranken.jpg/400px-Einfranken.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="212" /></a></span></td> <td>1 franc</td> <td>23.20 mm</td> <td>1.55 mm</td> <td>4.4 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cupronickel" title="Cupronickel">Cupronickel</a><br />75% Cu, 25% Ni</td> <td>1968–present</td> <td>Milled</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a> shown standing (Albert Walch), "HELVETIA", circle of 23 stars,<sup id="cite_ref-23stars_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23stars-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "A.BOVY INCT"</td> <td>"1 Fr.", year, wreath of oak leaves and gentian, "B" </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zweifranken.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="2 Swiss francs 1995"><img alt="2 Swiss francs 1995" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Zweifranken.jpg/200px-Zweifranken.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Zweifranken.jpg/300px-Zweifranken.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Zweifranken.jpg/400px-Zweifranken.jpg 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="330" /></a></span></td> <td>2 francs</td> <td>27.40 mm</td> <td>2.15 mm</td> <td>8.8 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cupronickel" title="Cupronickel">Cupronickel</a><br />75% Cu, 25% Ni</td> <td>1968–present</td> <td>Milled</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a> shown standing (Albert Walch), "HELVETIA", circle of 23 stars,<sup id="cite_ref-23stars_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23stars-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "A.BOVY INCT"</td> <td>"2 Fr.", year, wreath of oak leaves and gentian, "B" </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:F%C3%BCnffranken.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="5 Swiss francs 1995"><img alt="5 Swiss francs 1995" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/F%C3%BCnffranken.jpg/200px-F%C3%BCnffranken.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/F%C3%BCnffranken.jpg/300px-F%C3%BCnffranken.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/F%C3%BCnffranken.jpg/400px-F%C3%BCnffranken.jpg 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="330" /></a></span></td> <td>5 francs</td> <td>31.45 mm</td> <td>2.35 mm</td> <td>13.2 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cupronickel" title="Cupronickel">Cupronickel</a><br />75% Cu, 25% Ni</td> <td>1968, 1970–present</td> <td>Inscribed "DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT", 13 stars</td> <td>Bust of an alpine herdsman (Paul Burkhard), "CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA", "P BVRKHARD INCT"</td> <td>Federal coat of arms, "5FR.", year, branches of edelweiss and gentian, "B" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Withdrawn">Withdrawn</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following denominations below have been withdrawn from circulation either due to their low value, or for other reasons such as compositions being problematic when being detected by machines. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Image</th> <th>Value</th> <th>Diameter</th> <th>Thickness</th> <th>Mass</th> <th>Composition</th> <th>Years</th> <th>Edge</th> <th>Obverse</th> <th>Reverse</th> <th>Withdrawn </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e0954f;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1_Ct_1995_SwissMint.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/1_Ct_1995_SwissMint.jpg/200px-1_Ct_1995_SwissMint.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/1_Ct_1995_SwissMint.jpg/300px-1_Ct_1995_SwissMint.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/1_Ct_1995_SwissMint.jpg/400px-1_Ct_1995_SwissMint.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="212" /></a></span></td> <td>1 centime</td> <td>16 mm</td> <td>1.1 mm</td> <td>1.5 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">Bronze</a><br />95% Cu, 2.5% Sn, 2.5% Zn</td> <td>1879–2005</td> <td>Plain</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swiss_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss cross">Swiss cross</a>, year</td> <td>"1"<br />wheat stalk</td> <td>2006 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Switzerland1ct1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Switzerland1ct1942.jpg/200px-Switzerland1ct1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Switzerland1ct1942.jpg/300px-Switzerland1ct1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Switzerland1ct1942.jpg/400px-Switzerland1ct1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></td> <td>1 centime</td> <td>16 mm</td> <td>1.1 mm</td> <td>1.4 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc">Zinc</a><br />99.99%</td> <td>1942–1946</td> <td>Plain</td> <td>Swiss Coat of Arms, year</td> <td>"1", wreath of laurels</td> <td>2006 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e0954f;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2_Ct_1951_Bronze.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/2_Ct_1951_Bronze.jpg/200px-2_Ct_1951_Bronze.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/2_Ct_1951_Bronze.jpg/300px-2_Ct_1951_Bronze.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/2_Ct_1951_Bronze.jpg/400px-2_Ct_1951_Bronze.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3248" data-file-height="1632" /></a></span></td> <td>2 centimes</td> <td>20 mm</td> <td>.98 mm</td> <td>2.4 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">Bronze</a><br />95% Cu, 2.5% Sn, 2.5% Zn</td> <td>1879–1973</td> <td>Plain</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swiss_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss cross">Swiss cross</a>, year</td> <td>"2"<br />wheat stalk</td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Switzerland_2_cts_1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Switzerland_2_cts_1942.jpg/200px-Switzerland_2_cts_1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Switzerland_2_cts_1942.jpg/300px-Switzerland_2_cts_1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Switzerland_2_cts_1942.jpg/400px-Switzerland_2_cts_1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></td> <td>2 centimes</td> <td>20 mm</td> <td>.98 mm</td> <td>2.5 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc">Zinc</a><br />99.99%</td> <td>1942–1946</td> <td>Plain</td> <td>Swiss Coat of Arms, year</td> <td>"2", wreath of laurels</td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:5ct1977.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/5ct1977.jpg/200px-5ct1977.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/5ct1977.jpg/300px-5ct1977.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/5ct1977.jpg/400px-5ct1977.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></td> <td>5 centimes</td> <td>17.15 mm</td> <td>1.25 mm</td> <td>2.0 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cupronickel" title="Cupronickel">Cupronickel</a><br />75% Cu, 25% Ni</td> <td>1879–1981</td> <td>Plain</td> <td>Head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (Karl Schwenzer), "CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA", year</td> <td>"5", wreath of grapes</td> <td>1984 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:5ct1939.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/5ct1939.png/200px-5ct1939.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/5ct1939.png/300px-5ct1939.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/5ct1939.png/400px-5ct1939.png 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></td> <td>5 centimes</td> <td>17.15 mm</td> <td>1.25 mm</td> <td>2.0 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">Nickel</a><br />99.99%</td> <td>1932–1939, 1941</td> <td>Plain</td> <td>Head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (Karl Schwenzer), "CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA", year</td> <td>"5", wreath of grapes</td> <td>2004 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#ffe550;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Switzerland_10_cts_1918.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Switzerland_10_cts_1918.jpg/200px-Switzerland_10_cts_1918.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Switzerland_10_cts_1918.jpg/300px-Switzerland_10_cts_1918.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Switzerland_10_cts_1918.jpg/400px-Switzerland_10_cts_1918.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></td> <td>10 centimes</td> <td>19.15 mm</td> <td>1.45 mm</td> <td>3.0 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brass" title="Brass">Brass</a><br />60% Cu, 40% Zn</td> <td>1916–1918</td> <td>Plain</td> <td>Head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (Karl Schwenzer), "CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA", year</td> <td>"10", wreath of oak leaves</td> <td>2004 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:10ct1932.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/10ct1932.jpg/200px-10ct1932.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/10ct1932.jpg/300px-10ct1932.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/10ct1932.jpg/400px-10ct1932.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></td> <td>10 centimes</td> <td>19.15 mm</td> <td>1.45 mm</td> <td>3.0 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">Nickel</a><br />99.99% Ni</td> <td>1932–1939</td> <td>Plain</td> <td>Head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (Karl Schwenzer), "CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA", year</td> <td>"10", wreath of oak leaves</td> <td>2004 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20_Cent_1930_Ni.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/20_Cent_1930_Ni.jpg/200px-20_Cent_1930_Ni.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/20_Cent_1930_Ni.jpg/300px-20_Cent_1930_Ni.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/20_Cent_1930_Ni.jpg/400px-20_Cent_1930_Ni.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></td> <td>20 centimes</td> <td>21.05 mm</td> <td>1.65 mm</td> <td>4.0 g</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">Nickel</a><br />99.99% Ni</td> <td>1881–1938</td> <td>Plain</td> <td>Head of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" title="Liberty (personification)">Liberty</a> (Karl Schwenzer), "CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA", year</td> <td>"20", wreath of gentian</td> <td>2004 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commemorative_coins">Commemorative 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text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Eidgen%C3%B6ssisches_Sch%C3%BCtzenfest" title="Eidgenössisches Schützenfest">Eidgenössisches Schützenfest</a></i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Schwyz" title="Schwyz">Schwyz</a>, 1867.</div></div></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Swissmint" title="Swissmint">federal mint</a> has issued numerous commemorative or collectors' editions of coins. This tradition originates with the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%BCtzentaler" class="mw-redirect" title="Schützentaler">Schützentaler</a></i></span> of 1855. In this year, the federal mint produced a special batch of 5 francs coins for the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Eidgen%C3%B6ssisches_Sch%C3%BCtzenfest" title="Eidgenössisches Schützenfest">Eidgenössisches Schützenfest</a></i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Solothurn" title="Solothurn">Solothurn</a>. This coin was a regular 5 francs coin, with the exception of the inscription on the edge. Beginning in 1857, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Schützentaler</i></span> with were minted in special designs but in the specifications of the 5 francs coin. The final such coin was minted for the 1939 festival. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:248px;max-width:248px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-obverse.png/120px-Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-obverse.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-obverse.png/180px-Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="204" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-reverse.png/120px-Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-reverse.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-reverse.png/180px-Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1944-CHF-5-reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="204" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Commemorative 5 francs coin "<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_St._Jakob_an_der_Birs" title="Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs">Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs</a>", 1944.</div></div></div></div> <p>Beginning in 1936, the federal mint issued commemorative coins at irregular intervals. The 1936 issue commemorated the national <a href="/wiki/War_bond" title="War bond">war bond</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Wehranleihe</i></span>). Further commemorative 5 francs coins in silver were issued in 1939 (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Laupen" title="Battle of Laupen">Battle of Laupen</a>), 1941 (<a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCtli_oath" class="mw-redirect" title="Rütli oath">Rütli oath</a>, 650th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Charter_of_1291" title="Federal Charter of 1291">Federal Charter</a>), 1944 (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_St._Jakob_an_der_Birs" title="Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs">Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs</a>), 1948 (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Constitution" title="Swiss Federal Constitution">Swiss Federal Constitution</a>, 100th anniversary) and 1963 (<a href="/wiki/International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross" title="International Committee of the Red Cross">Red Cross</a>, 100th anniversary). These were legal tender at the time, but were removed from circulation along with the regular silver coins in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commemorative 5 francs coins in Cupronickel were issued in yearly intervals during 1974–1990. These remain legal tender, and may occasionally be seen in circulation, as their collector's value does not significantly exceed their face value:<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Constitution" title="Swiss Federal Constitution">Constitutional Revision</a> (1874)</li> <li>1975: European Year of Historic Preservation</li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Murten" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Murten">Battle of Murten</a> (1476)</li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Pestalozzi" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinrich Pestalozzi">Heinrich Pestalozzi</a> (d. 1827)</li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Dunant" title="Henry Dunant">Henry Dunant</a> (b. 1828)</li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a> (b. 1879) in two versions</li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Hodler" title="Ferdinand Hodler">Ferdinand Hodler</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Stanser_Verkommnis" title="Stanser Verkommnis">Stanser Verkommnis</a> (1481)</li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Gotthard_railway" title="Gotthard railway">Gotthard railway</a> (opened 1882)</li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Ansermet" title="Ernest Ansermet">Ernest Ansermet</a> (b. 1883)</li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Auguste_Picard" class="mw-redirect" title="Auguste Picard">Auguste Picard</a> (b. 1884)</li> <li>1985: European Year of Music</li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sempach" title="Battle of Sempach">Battle of Sempach</a> (1386)</li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Le_Corbusier" title="Le Corbusier">Le Corbusier</a> (b. 1887)</li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Movement">Olympic Movement</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Henri_Guisan" title="Henri Guisan">Henri Guisan</a> (general mobilisation 1939)</li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Gottfried_Keller" title="Gottfried Keller">Gottfried Keller</a> (d. 1890)</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:10_Fr_comm%C3%A9morative_SwissMint.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/10_Fr_comm%C3%A9morative_SwissMint.jpg/240px-10_Fr_comm%C3%A9morative_SwissMint.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/10_Fr_comm%C3%A9morative_SwissMint.jpg/360px-10_Fr_comm%C3%A9morative_SwissMint.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/10_Fr_comm%C3%A9morative_SwissMint.jpg/480px-10_Fr_comm%C3%A9morative_SwissMint.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Bimetal commemorative 10 francs coin "<a href="/wiki/Swiss_National_Park" title="Swiss National Park">Swiss National Park</a>", 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Swissmint" title="Swissmint">Swissmint</a> has produced an increasing variety of commemorative coins beginning in the 1990s. All of these coins are technically legal tender, but are not in actual circulation, as their metal or collector's value will exceed their nominal value. </p> <ul><li>Silver coins: 20 francs coins in silver were issued yearly beginning in 1992, with several designs per year issued from 1996 onward.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gold coins: In 1991, a commemorative gold coin with nominal value of 250 francs was issued on the occasion of the 700 years anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Foundation_of_the_Old_Swiss_Confederacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy">foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy</a>. During 1998–2000, commemorative gold coins have been issued with a nominal value 100 francs. Beginning in 2001, nominal values of 50 francs were issued instead.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A special "<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> Fr" gold coin was issued in 2020. Advertised as "the world's smallest gold coin", this had a weight of 0.063 g (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">500</span></span> troy ounce).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bimetal coins: Coins in two alloys (Cu 75/Ni 25 and Cu 89/Al 5/Zn 5/Sn 1) have been issued with nominal values of 5 and 10 francs during 1999–2003 and since 2004, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Swiss franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centime" title="Centime">Centime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rappen" title="Rappen">Rappen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vreneli" title="Vreneli">Vreneli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc" title="Banknotes of the Swiss franc">Banknotes of the Swiss franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swissmint" title="Swissmint">Swissmint</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Berne, Switzerland: <a href="/wiki/Federal_Council_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Council (Switzerland)">Federal Council</a>. 1 January 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Art.+1+Amtliche+Bezeichnungen+und+Abk%C3%BCrzungen%2FD%C3%A9nominations+officielles+et+abr%C3%A9viations%2FDenominazioni+ufficiali+e+abbreviazioni+SR%2FRS+941.101+M%C3%BCnzverordnung%2FOrdonnance+sur+la+monnaie%2FOrdinanza+sulle+monete%2C+12+April+2000+%28M%C3%BCnzV%2FO+sur+la+monnaie%2FOMon%29&rft.place=Berne%2C+Switzerland&rft.pub=Federal+Council&rft.date=2019-01-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admin.ch%2Fopc%2Fde%2Fclassified-compilation%2F20000792%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACoins+of+the+Swiss+franc" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5liber-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-5liber_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-5liber_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-5liber_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.swissmint.ch/d/downloads/dokumentation/numis_beri/5FR-BURK.pdf">Paul Burkhard und der Fünfliber (Swissmint 2008)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.archyde.com/our-10-cent-coin-enters-the-guinness-book-for-its-old-age-rts-ch/">"Our 10 cent coin enters the Guinness Book for its old age - RTS.ch"</a>. 13 April 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Our+10+cent+coin+enters+the+Guinness+Book+for+its+old+age+-+RTS.ch&rft.date=2021-04-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archyde.com%2Four-10-cent-coin-enters-the-guinness-book-for-its-old-age-rts-ch%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACoins+of+the+Swiss+franc" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Schweizerisches Idiotikon</i> s.v. "Fünfliber", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.idiotikon.ch/idtkn/id3.htm#!page/30981/mode/1up">3.982</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Revue suisse de numismatique</i>, Band 6, 1896, p. 363</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Revue suisse de numismatique</i> 9, 1899, p. 316 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Swissmint, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.swissmint.ch/d/downloads/dokumentation/numis_beri/Dominus.pdf">Sterne auf Schweizer Münzen</a> (2008), p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">auctioned for CHF 2,400 in 2018 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=2756&lot=4244">numisbids.com</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">auctioned for EUR 3,200 in 2019 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=4256562&AucID=4461&Lot=948&Val=b44b965ad231d323c7aaef943afee6fb">coinarchives.com</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">auctioned for CHF 19,000 in 2018 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.muenzenonline-auktion.ch/catalogArchivDetail/detail/e-live-auction-no.8-1517845263/Schweiz-1857-1517847503">muenzenonline-auktion.ch</a>). In <a href="/wiki/First_strike_(coinage)" title="First strike (coinage)">first strike</a> quality (best-preserved known example) sold for CHF 40,000 in 2013 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://auktionen.sincona.com/Auktion/KatalogArchiv?intAuktionsId=1">Sincona auction 14 (17 October 2013)</a>, Lot 3505).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://auktionen.sincona.com/Auktion/KatalogArchiv?intAuktionsId=1">Sincona auction 14 (17 October 2013)</a>: 5 francs 1896 (about 10-20 pieces are known in literature), offered for CHF 100,000 (not sold): 2 francs 1896 (20 pieces struck): sold for CHF 40,000; 1 franc 1896 (28 pieces struck): sold for CHF 36,000; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> franc 1896 (28 pieces struck): offered for CHF 30,000 (not sold).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.schweizer-geld.ch/goldvreneli-proben--raritaeten/de/53-1">Goldvreneli: Proben / Raritäten (schweizer-geld.ch)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> As of April 2020, the gold value of a CHF 20 coin was at about CHF 290, and the <i>Vreneli</i> coins were traded for a collector's value of about CHF 340, depending on year of issue and preservation; e.g. offers ranging between CHF 346 and CHF 571 (except for the rare issue of 1926, priced at CHF 571 to CHF 1046): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.schweizer-geld.ch/vreneli-20-francs-vreneli/en/44-1">schweizer-geld.ch (accessed 4 April 2020)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130426003305/http://www.swissmint.ch/upload/_pdf/swissmintinfo/d/info09_2d.pdf">"SWISSMINTinfo 2/09"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.swissmint.ch/upload/_pdf/swissmintinfo/d/info09_2d.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 26 April 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=SWISSMINTinfo+2%2F09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swissmint.ch%2Fupload%2F_pdf%2Fswissmintinfo%2Fd%2Finfo09_2d.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACoins+of+the+Swiss+franc" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23stars-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-23stars_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-23stars_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-23stars_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>, 1 and 2 francs coins of 1874–1982 had 22 stars, for the <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">22 cantons</a> of the 1815 <a href="/wiki/Federal_Treaty" title="Federal Treaty">Federal Treaty</a>. The 23rd star was added in 1983, representing the accession of the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">canton of Jura</a> in 1979. See Swissmint, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.swissmint.ch/d/downloads/dokumentation/numis_beri/Dominus.pdf">Sterne auf Schweizer Münzen</a> (2008), p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> francs coins of 1968–1985 lack the sign "B" (for <a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.swissmint.ch/d/downloads/produkte/sammlermuenzen/GM_BILDER-20-1-Silber-d.pdf">Gedenkmünzen aus Silber</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.swissmint.ch/d/downloads/produkte/sammlermuenzen/GM_BILDERd14-CuNi.pdf">Gedenkmünzen aus Kupfernickel</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.swissmint.ch/d/downloads/produkte/sammlermuenzen/GM_BILDER-20-1-Silber-d.pdf">Gedenkmünzen aus Silber</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.swissmint.ch/d/downloads/produkte/sammlermuenzen/GM_BILDER-20-1-Gold-d.pdf">Gedenkmünzen aus Gold</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Design by Remo Mascherini based on the 1951 photograph of <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein_in_popular_culture" title="Albert Einstein in popular culture">Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue</a>, diameter 2.96mm, 999 pieces issued.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.swissmint.ch/d/downloads/produkte/sammlermuenzen/GM_BILDER-20-1-Bimetall-d.pdf">Gedenkmünzen aus Bimetall</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Swiss_franc" class="extiw" title="commons:Swiss franc"><span style="font-style:italic; 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