List of Swiss 20 franc commemorative coins
The list of Swiss 20-franc commemorative coins contains all of Switzerland's 20-franc silver coins .
| Image side | Value side | year | Physical data | embossed edition | Artist |
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1991 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 2,440,000 PP 100,000 |
Ernst Hiestand , Zollikerberg |
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Description: On the occasion of the 700th anniversary celebration of the Swiss Confederation , the graphic artist Ernst Hiestand designed the first 20-franc commemorative coin. Picture side : Four Swiss crosses stacked on top of each other are shown with simple lines. Bottom left is 1291 and top right is 1991. Value side : CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA 1991 is written vertically in three lines and 20 FR is written on the left. |
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1992 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. 325,000 PP 36,000 |
Rosmarie Tissi, Zurich |
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Description: On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the death of Gertrud Kurz , the head of a Swiss refugee relief organization. This is the first time that a Swiss commemorative coin has been dedicated to a woman. Picture side : The picture side shows a section of a barbed wire fence . Vertical is written 1890 / GERTRUD KURZ / 1972. Value side : Horizontal is 20, then vertical 1992 / CONFOEDERATIO / HELVETICA and again horizontal FR. |
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1993 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 260,000 PP 30,000 |
Heinz Jost, Bern |
| Description: On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of Paracelsus , a doctor , alchemist , astrologer , mystic , lay theologian and philosopher . | |||||
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1994 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 240,000 PP 32,200 |
Peter Emch, Zurich |
| Description: Legend series - Devil's Bridge . According to legend, the devil helped with the Devil's Bridge near Schöllenen after he had made a pact with the people of the village. The first soul to cross the bridge should belong to the devil as a reward. After being tricked by a farmer with a goat that he chased across the bridge, he tried to destroy the bridge with a rock. A woman scribbled a cross on the rock so that the devil missed the bridge. This alleged rock lies next to Göschenen as a «devil's stone» . | |||||
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1995 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 235,000 PP 30,700 |
Peter Emch, Zurich |
| Description: Legends series - Rhaetian snake queen . According to the legend, three snakes went swimming in the spring in the Münstertal . Two of the snakes wore a crown in the air over the third. They had to take off the crown for the bath. A farmer found the crown in the grass and took it with him. After the bath, the snakes desperately searched for the crown and when they could not find it, the crowned queen killed herself. Since that day there has been a plague of snakes in the village, which could only be removed by a black magician. | |||||
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1996 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 206,000 PP 30,000 |
Peter Emch, Zurich |
| Description: Legend series - Giant Gargantua . According to the legend, Gargantua was a lovable giant who changed the landscape forever. When he washed his feet in the lake, it became dirty and so became the Schwarzsee . When he drank water from the Saane , it remained dry for three days. While drinking, he dropped his carrying basket and a hill formed from it near Bertigny . The stone blocks that fell out of the basket later swam down the Saane and were then used by the devil as the foundation pillar of the bridge at Thusy . | |||||
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1996 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 190,000 PP 26,700 |
Peter Emch, Zurich |
| Description: Series of sagas - Dragon from Breno . According to legend, a kite-like monster suckled the cows udders during the night on the alp in Breno . In order to protect themselves against the dragon, the alpine shepherds prayed to Madonna . With the help of the Mother of God they were finally able to kill the dragon with lances. | |||||
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1997 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no.215,000 PP 19,000 |
Georg Staehelin, Ottenbach |
| Description: On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Spanish Brötli Railway . | |||||
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1997 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. 160,000 PP 20,000 |
Samuel Buri, Basel |
| Description: On the occasion of the 200th birthday of the writer Jeremias Gotthelf . | |||||
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1998 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
108,000 PP 15,500 |
Werner Jeker, Lausanne |
| Description: On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Helvetic Republic . | |||||
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1998 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 109,000 PP 15,500 |
Werner Jeker, Lausanne |
| Description: On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Swiss federal state . | |||||
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1998 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
108,000 PP 14,500 |
Jean Lecoultre, Pully |
| Description: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of the Swiss poet and writer Conrad Ferdinand Meyer . | |||||
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1999 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. 171,000 PP 12,000 |
Claude Sandoz, Lucerne |
| Description: On the occasion of 150 years of Swiss Post . | |||||
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1999 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 85,000 PP 11,000 |
Franz Eggenschwiler, Eriswil |
| Description: On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Dornach on July 22nd, 1499. It was the last armed conflict between the Swabian Federation and the Old Confederation during the Swabian War . | |||||
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2000 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 100,000 PP 15,000 |
Roman Candio, Solothurn |
| Description: On the occasion of 2000 years of Christianity (Pax in Terra, Peace on Earth). | |||||
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2000 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 85,000 PP 14,000 |
Roman Candio, Solothurn |
| Description: 2000 years of Christianity (Lumen Christi, the light of Christ). | |||||
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2001 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 100,000 PP 15,000 |
Hans-Peter von Ah , Ebikon |
| Description: Monument series - Müstair Monastery World Heritage Site . | |||||
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2001 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 80,000 PP 15,000 |
Sylvia Goeschke, Bottmingen |
| Description: On the occasion of the 100th Togestage of the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri . | |||||
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2002 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 61'100 PP 10'000 |
Hervé Graumann , Carouge |
| Description: On the occasion of the national exhibition Expo.02 . | |||||
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2002 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
Unz. 55,000 PP 7,000 |
Raphael Schenker, Zurich |
| Description: On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founders of the Swiss Air Rescue Service (Rega). | |||||
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2002 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
Unz. 50,000 PP 6,500 |
Hans-Peter von Ah , Ebikon |
| Description: Series of monuments - St. Gallen Monastery . | |||||
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2003 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
Unz. 55,000 PP 7,000 |
Claude Kuhn, Kehrsatz |
| Description: On the occasion of the 2003 Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz . | |||||
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2003 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
Unz. 50,000 PP 6,000 |
Franz Fedier, Bern |
| Description: Series of monuments - World Heritage Site in Bern's old town . | |||||
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2004 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
Unz. 50,000 PP 6,000 |
Jean-Benoît Lévy, Basel |
| Description: Series of monuments - Chillon Castle . | |||||
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2004 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
PP 14,055 | Joaquin Jimenez, Angers / France |
| Description: On the occasion of 100 years of FIFA . | |||||
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2004 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
Unz. 50,000 PP 6,000 |
Marco Prati, Brè sopra Lugano |
| Description: Series of monuments - World Heritage Tre Castelli di Bellinzona . The picture side shows the three castles of Bellinzona: Castelgrande is shown below, Castello di Montebello in the middle and Castello di Sasso Corbaro above . | |||||
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2005 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. 45,000 PP 6,000 |
Roger pound, Carouge |
| Description: On the occasion of 100 years of the Geneva Motor Show . | |||||
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2005 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. 45,000 PP 6,000 |
Hans-Peter von Ah , Ebikon |
| Description: Series of monuments - Chapel Bridge Lucerne | |||||
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2006 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 40,000 PP max. 6,000 |
Raphael Schenker, Zurich |
| Description: On the occasion of 100 years of the Postbus . | |||||
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2006 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 35,000 PP max. 6,000 |
Benjamin Pfäffli, Burgdorf |
| Description: On the occasion of the renovation of the Federal Palace . | |||||
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2007 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 12,000 |
Roger pound, Carouge |
| Description: On the occasion of 100 years of the Swiss National Bank . | |||||
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2007 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 7,000 |
Hansueli Holzer, Ramsen |
| Description: Memorial series - Munot Schaffhausen . | |||||
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2008 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 7,000 |
Roland Hirter, Bern |
| Description: On the occasion of 100 years of ice hockey . | |||||
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2008 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 7,000 |
Benno Zehnder, Gelfingen |
| Description: Mountain railway series - Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn . | |||||
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2009 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 7,000 |
Werner Meier, Lucerne |
| Description: 50th anniversary of the opening of the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne. | |||||
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2009 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 12,000 |
Benno K. Zehnder, Gelfingen |
| Description: Mountain railway series - Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn . | |||||
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2010 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 12,000 |
Benno K. Zehnder, Gelfingen |
| Description: Mountain railway series - Bernina Railway . | |||||
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2010 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 12,000 |
Pierre-Alain Zuber, Geneva |
| Description: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Henry Dunant's death . | |||||
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2011 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 7,000 |
Daniel Frank, Lausanne |
| Description: On the occasion of Max Frisch's 100th birthday . | |||||
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2011 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 12,000 |
Benno K. Zehnder, Gelfingen |
| Description: Mountain railway series - Pilatusbahn . | |||||
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2012 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 12,000 |
Benno K. Zehnder, Gelfingen |
| Description: Mountain railway series - 100 years of the Jungfrau Railway . | |||||
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2012 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 12,000 |
Robert Lips |
| Description: 80 years of Globi . | |||||
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2013 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 7,000 |
Angelo Boog, Wallisellen |
| Description: Oskar Bider's first crossing of the Alps by plane . | |||||
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2013 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 7,000 |
Roland Hirter, Bern |
| Description: Swiss popular sports - wrestling . | |||||
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2014 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 7,000 |
Angelo Boog, Wallisellen |
| Description: On the occasion of 50 years of Patrouille Suisse . | |||||
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2014 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
no. max. 50,000 PP max. 7,000 |
Roland Hirter, Bern |
| Description: Jassen . | |||||
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2015 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 35,000 PP 5,000 |
Angelo Boog, Wallisellen |
| Description: Solar Impulse . | |||||
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2015 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
PP 5,000 | Jose Requena, Martigny |
| Description: 1500 years of Saint-Maurice Abbey . | |||||
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2015 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 35,000 PP 5,000 |
Roland Hirter, Bern |
| Description: Hornussen . | |||||
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2016 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 30,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 01/28/2016 |
Fredi Trümpi, Binz |
| Description: Opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel . | |||||
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2016 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 30,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 01/28/2016 |
Marc Roulin, Romont |
| Description: 150 years of the Swiss Red Cross | |||||
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2016 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 30,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 05/26/2016 |
Remo Mascherini, Belp |
| Description: brass music | |||||
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2017 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 30,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 01/26/2017 |
Ben Pfäffli, Burgdorf |
| Description: 500 years of the Reformation | |||||
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2017 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 30,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 05/04/2017 |
Gabriel Giger, Leuk City |
| Description: yodelling | |||||
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2017 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 30,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 05/04/2017 |
Ueli Colombi, Sigriswil |
| Description: Steamship series: Uri steamship | |||||
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2018 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 30,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 01/25/2018 |
Vito Noto, Cadro |
| Description: Swiss Alpine Pass series: Klausen Pass | |||||
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2018 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 30,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 04/26/2018 |
Ueli Colombi, Sigriswil |
| Description: Steamship series: La Suisse | |||||
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2018 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 30,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 09/10/2018 |
Nadja Baltensweiler, Lucerne |
| Description: Swiss Army Knife | |||||
| 2019 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
PP 5,000
Issue date: 01/24/2019 |
Remo Mascherini, Flamatt | ||
| Description: 100 years of Circus Knie | |||||
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2019 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
unc. 30,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 01/24/2019 |
Ueli Colombi, Merligen |
| Description: Blümlisalp steamship | |||||
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2019 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
Unz. 20,000 PP 5,000 Issue date: 05/09/2019 |
Remo Mascherini, Flamatt |
| Description: 50 years of the moon landing: Solar Wind Composition Experiment | |||||
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2020 |
Alloy : silver-copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 33 mm Weight : 20 g |
Unz. 55,000 - 95,000
Issue date: 01/23/2020 |
Remo Mascherini, Flamatt |
| Description: Roger Federer | |||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ Teufelsbrückensage , accessed on January 16, 2009.
- ↑ Rhaetian Snake Queen ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.6 MB), accessed January 16, 2009
- ↑ The giant Gargantua. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010 .
- ^ Dragon of Breno , accessed January 17, 2009.
Circulation coins: 5 centimes | 10 cents | 20 cents | ½ franc | 1 franc | 2 francs | 5 francs
Not current: 1 centime | 2 cents
Gold coins: Helvetia | Goldvreneli | 25 and 50 francs
Commemorative coins : commemorative five-ribbons | 10 francs | 20 francs | gold