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The Swiss 5-Rappen coin The Swiss 1-Rappen coin has not been valid since 2007. Rappenpfennig from Freiburg im Breisgau, ca. 1290. A Rappen (pl. Rappen) originally was a variant of the medieval Pfennig ("penny") coin common to the Alemannic German regions of Alsace, northern Switzerland and south-western Germany.
The coins of the Swiss franc are the official coins used in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The name of the subunit is centime in French and internationally, [1] Rappen in German, centesimo in Italian, and rap in Romansh. [2] There are coins in denominations of 5 centimes, 10 centimes, 20 centimes, 1 ⁄ 2 franc (50 centimes), 1 franc, 2 francs ...
Billon coins were issued in denominations of 1 and 2 Rappen, with the 1 Rappen initially denominated as 3 Haller. Silver coins were struck for 10 Schillinge, 8, 10, 20 and 40 Batzen. References
Swiss German (one selection, terms vary in different dialects):; Füfräppler for a 5 centimes coin; Zëhräppler for a 10 centimes coin; Zwänzgräppler for a 20 centimes coin; [1] Stutz [2] or Franke [3] for a 1 franc coin or change in general; Füüfliiber for a 5 francs coin; [4] Rappe and Batze are specifically used for coin below 1 franc, but also figuratively for change in general [5] [6]
The coins were minted at the Swiss Mint at Bern (although the die engraving was done at the Paris mint) and the coins are mint marked with a "B" (without a period). The 20 franc coins are 21 mm in diameter (about the size of a U.S. five cent piece), 1.25 mm in thickness, weigh 6.45 grams (gross weight) and; at 900 ‰ pure, contain .1866 troy ...
Billon coins were issued in denominations of 1, 2, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 and 5 Rappen, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 Batzen, with silver coins for 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 and 5 Batzen and 1, 2 and 4 Franken. Bern also counterstamped various French écu and 6 livres for use as 40 Batzen coins.
The Frank was the currency of the Helvetian Republic from 1798, replacing the Gulden in Schwyz. The Helvetian Republic ceased issuing coins in 1803. Schwyz issued coins between 1810 and 1846.
In the late 18th century, copper coins were issued for 1 angster and 1 rappen, together with billon 1 schilling, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 batzen. Silver coins were issued in denominations of 5 and 10 schilling, 20 and 40 kreuzer, and 20 and 40 batzen.