One-rappen piece

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One-rappen piece
One-rappen piece
Data
Alloy: bronze
Weight: 1.50 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Edge embossing: smooth
Einrappenstück from 1910 with Swiss coat of arms , freedom hat and laurel wreath

The Einrappenstück , also called Einräppler or Räppler , belonged to the Swiss currency until December 31, 2006 and had a value of 0.01 Swiss Francs . Already at the end of the 1970s, the use of the Einräpplers in everyday life fell massively (in 1978 the two-caste piece was taken out of circulation). In the 1990s, the Einräppler was as good as uncommon as a means of payment. Nevertheless, until the end of 2006 it was an official currency as a currency and had to be accepted by all paying agents (which, however, was rarely actually the case).

The one and two centimes coin have the same motif: on the back a Swiss cross with the words "HELVETIA" and the year of the coinage, on the front a number 1 (or 2) placed over an ear of corn . This motif has existed since 1948. Before that, a Swiss coat of arms with a freedom hat and a laurel wreath with a number (1 or 2) were depicted. Because of the reddish color of the coins (bronze alloy), the one and two rappers can be easily distinguished from the other Swiss coins.

Over 230 million Einräppler have been minted since 1948. Except for a few million, all of them are still in circulation, at least in theory.

The one-rappen item has always been, almost exclusively in recent years and since 2007 exclusively a collector's item that is used for advertising purposes, as a souvenir or often as a lucky charm .

The Einräppler received a temporary upturn in 1995 when the discounter Pick Pay reduced prices to CHF x.x9 or x.x4 (instead of x.x0 or x.x5) and returned the exact cent amount to the customer with Einräpplern when paying. This campaign attracted a lot of attention and only cost Pick Pay the price reduction of one centime per product, but the Swiss state 3 cents per item issued, since the production costs at that time were 4 cents, but Pick Pay buy the coins at their face value - since they can be sold could. However, since the customers couldn't get rid of their Einräppler outside of Pick Pay and the publicity had subsided, Pick Pay stopped the action again. Aldi Suisse , which has been active in Switzerland since 2006 , is again operating with x.x9 prices. However, the total price is rounded down to the next five cents at the checkout.

Since in 2006 the manufacturing costs of a Einräppler rose to 11 cents per Einräppler due to the sharp rise in raw material prices, the alloy used at Swissmint would only have lasted until mid-2007 and the Einräppler no longer played a role in payment transactions, it became effective on December 31, 2006 also officially suspended.

An exchange at the cantonal banks at nominal value is possible. However, the Einräppler has been in demand among collectors and companies that use Einräppler for souvenir and advertising purposes since it was no longer produced in 2007. The 2006 vintage is particularly sought after, as it was minted shortly before the course was discontinued , but no longer circulated. Only 30,000 pieces were issued in sets of coins.

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