Swiss franc

The Swiss franc (German: [Franken] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), French and Romansh: franc, Italian: [franco] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); sign: Fr. or SFr.; code: CHF) is the currency of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Swiss franc
Banknotes Coins
ISO 4217 Code	CHF
Official user(s)	Switzerland Liechtenstein Italy Campione d'Italia, Italy
Unofficial user(s)	Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany
Inflation	0.6% in 2021
Source	Statistik Schweiz
Subunit
1⁄100	Rappencode: de is deprecated   (German) centimecode: fr is deprecated   (French) centesimocode: it is deprecated   (Italian) rapcode: rm is deprecated   (Romansh)
Nickname	Swiss German: Einräppler for a 1 centime coin; Füüferli for a 5 centimes coin; Füfzgerli for a 50 centimes coin; Stutz for a 1 franc coin (en Stutz), or change in general (Stutz); Füüfliiber for a 5 francs coin Swiss Standard German: Einfränkler for a 1 franc coin; Zweifränkler for a 2 francs coin; Hunderter for a 100 francs note; Ameise for a 1000 francs note fr: balle(s) for ≥ 1 franc; thune for a 5 franc coin Swiss Italian:
Plural	Frankencode: de is deprecated   (German) francscode: fr is deprecated   (French) franchicode: it is deprecated   (Italian) francscode: rm is deprecated   (Romansh)
Coins
Freq. used	5, 10, 20 Centimes, 1⁄2, 1, 2, 5 Francs
Banknotes
Freq. used	10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 1000 Francs
Rarely used	500 francs
Central bank	Swiss National Bank
Website	https://www.snb.ch
Printer	Orell Füssli Sicherheitsdruck AG (Zürich)
Website	https://www.orellfuessli.com
Mint	Swissmint
Website	https://www.swissmint.ch

The smaller denomination, a hundredth of a franc, is a Rappen (Rp.) in German, centime (c.) in French, centesimo (ct.) in Italian, and rap (rp.) in Romansh.

Banknotes

• 10 francs
• 20 francs
• 50 francs
• 100 francs
• 200 francs
• 1000 francs

Coins

• 1 centime (not used commonly)
• 2 centimes (not used commonly)
• 5 centimes
• 10 centimes
• 20 centimes
• ½ franc
• 1 franc
• 2 francs
• 5 francs

Swiss Franc Media

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  French ecu stamped "40 BZ" (batzen) in Bern became 4 franken under the Helvetic Republic

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  Exchange rates with the euro and U.S. dollar, 2003–2006

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  Euro – Swiss franc exchange rate from 1999. During 2011 to 2014, 1 EUR exchanged for no less than 1.2 CHF, since the Swiss central bank enforced an exchange rate to prevent CHF from "overvaluation". In the diagram, this period started on 6 September 2011 with a sharp rise and ended on 15 January 2015 with a sharp fall.

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  16 franc gold coin of the Helvetic Republic (1800)

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  5 Swiss francs coin minted in 1889

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  1 Swiss franc coin minted in 1995

• 3D animation of the surface of a ¹⁄₂-franc coin

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  Pièce de cinq centimes suisse en circulation (image retouchée)

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  Pièce de dix centime suisse en circulation (image retouchée)

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  Pièce de vingt centime suisse en circulation (image retouchée)

Other websites

• Heiko Otto (ed.). "The Banknotes of Switzerland" (in English, Deutsch, and français). Retrieved 2019-05-06. (in English) (German) (in French)