List of the Swiss commemorative five-pounders

The list of Swiss Gedenkfünfliber contains all Gedenkfünfliber of silver and copper-nickel, which were issued from 1936 to 1990 as well as the bi-metal commemorative coins issued from 1999 to 2003 with a nominal value of 5 Swiss francs.

Image side	Value side	year	Physical data	embossed edition	Artist
		1936	Alloy : silver - copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 15 g	count. 200,000	Max Weber, Geneva
Description: The first official commemorative coin was issued on the occasion of the Swiss Defense Loan . The military loan secured additional armaments expenditure as preparation and defense against the danger of war emanating from Germany. Picture side : A young woman kneels, supports herself with her right hand on a downward pointing sword and holds a dove (the symbol for armed neutrality) on her left hand. Value side : In a box there is the Swiss cross followed by PRO PATRIA ARMIS TUENDA (“for the fatherland to be protected with weapons”); above a helmet and the numbers 19 and 36, below the face value 5 FR.
		1939	Alloy : silver - copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 15 g	uncounted 30,600	Remo Rossi, Locarno
Description: On the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the Laupen War , which raged in Laupen in 1339 . It was a dispute between the Bernese on the one hand and the Burgundians and Habsburgs on the other. Bern won this war and was therefore the eighth place to join the old Swiss Confederation . Picture side : A warrior with a Swiss cross on his chest holds the wrist of his right hand with his left hand in which he carries a slingshot . On the edge above him is CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA. Value side : a Swiss cross. Above is 5 Fr. and below it is 1939. LAUPEN is written on the left and MCCCXXXIX is on the right.
		1941	Alloy : silver - copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 15 g	unconditional 100'150	Picture side : E. Suter, Basel Value side : Luc Jaggi, Geneva
Description: On the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the federal letter , which was concluded at the beginning of August 1291 between the valley communities of Uri , Schwyz and Nidwalden . Picture side : The three representatives of the valley communities take an oath and raise their right hand and stick their thumb, forefinger and middle finger. The representative on the left carries a rifle and the one on the right a crossbow . At the edge is CONFEDERATIO HELVETICA. Back : It is 5 FR from top to bottom. / 1291 (A Swiss cross) 1941 / (the quote from the federal letter ) PROMISERVNT / INVICEM SIBI / ASSISTERE / AVXILIO / (the coin mark) B
		1944	Alloy : silver - copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 15 g	unconditional 101,680	Emil Wiederkehr, Lucerne
Description: On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs . It was a battle between 1,500 fighters from the Eight Old Places without Zurich residents against 20,000 Armagnaks paid for by King Friedrich III. It brought the Confederates across Europe a reputation as an intrepid and combative people and was used during the Second World War as a symbol for spiritual national defense . Picture side : A kneeling fighter reaching back to throw a stone in his right hand. Value side:: From top to bottom: 5 FR / (The Swiss cross) / ST. JAKOB / AN DER BIRS / MCDXLIV / (The mint mark) B / 1944. On the left edge: MORI MALVNT. On the right: QVAM SVPERARI (they would rather die than be overcome).
		1948	Alloy : silver - copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 15 g	unconditional 500'400	Picture side : Max Weber, Geneva Value side : August Blaesi, Lucerne
Description: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first Federal Constitution of September 12, 1848, with which Switzerland was united as a federal state. Picture side : A mother sitting on a stone pedestal hands a branch to the naked, standing son. Value side : From top to bottom: 5 FR. / CONSTITUTIO / ANNI MDCCCXLVIII / HELVETIÆ FORTIORIS / FUNDAMENTUM / 19 (the Swiss cross) 48.
		1963	Alloy : silver - copper (Ag 83.5 / Cu 16.5) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 15 g	unc. 623,000	Max Weber, Geneva
Description: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Committee of Aid Societies for the Care of the Wound , the predecessor organization of the Red Cross , in February 1863 by Henry Dunant and four other citizens: the lawyer Gustave Moynier , the doctors Louis Appia and Théodore Maunoir and the Army General Guillaume-Henri Dufour . Picture side : The picture side shows a cross, formed by a woman in an upright position, who raises her left hand and supports her left elbow with her right. The left and right arms of the cross are formed from lying upper bodies of people wrapped in bandages. Value side: In the middle is 5 FR. and on the edge CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA.
		1974	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	unc. 3,709,000 PP 130,000	Max Weber, Geneva
Description: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the total revision of the Federal Constitution in 1874, with which the referendum law was introduced in Switzerland. Picture side : Three women garnish a Swiss cross with CONSTITUTIO under it. Value side : It says 5 FR and the years 1848, 1874 and 1974. CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA is written around these years.
		1975	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	unc. 2,500,000 PP 60,000	Franz Fischer, Zurich
Description: On the occasion of the European Year for Monument Preservation and Heritage Protection . Picture side: Above two hands that clasp the text HEREDIO NOSTRO FUTURUM, it says 1975 . Value side: Arranged in a circle is CONFOEDERATIO in an outer circle and HELVETICA in an inner circle. To the right of the center is 5 FR.
		1976	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	no. 1'506'000 PP 100'900	Kurt Wirth, Bern
Description: On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Murten on June 22nd, 1476 between troops of the Old Confederation and the Burgundian Duke Charles the Bold as part of the Burgundian Wars . Picture side: Three running warriors with raised lances in the side position merge into one picture. On the side is 1476/1976 / MURATUM . Value side: It says 5 FR. and on the side CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA.
		1977	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	no. 802,000 PP 50,260	Picture side : Kurt Wirth, Bern Value side : Battista Ratti, Malvaglia
Description: On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi , a Swiss pedagogue, school and social reformer, philosopher and politician. Picture side: The side portrait of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. JOHANN is on the left, PESTALOZZI below and HEINRICH on the right. Value side: The Swiss cross and FR 5 are in the middle. CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA 1977 is outlined in a rectangle.
		1978	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	unc. 903,000 PP 60,000	Picture side : Jacqueline Barman, Lausanne Value side : Max Lenz, Zurich
Description: On the occasion of the 150th birthday of the founder of the Red Cross , Henry Dunants . Picture side: The picture side shows the portrait of Henry Dunant. On the left is HENRY and on the right is DUNANT. Value side: From top to bottom: 5 FR / CONFŒDERATIO / HELVETICA / 1978.
		1979	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	unc. 900,000 PP 35,000	Jürg Zeller, Basel
Description: On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the physicist and Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein . Picture side : The portrait of Albert Einstein, which is formed negatively by the reflective surface and emerges as positive depending on the incidence of light. ALBERT is on the left and EINSTEIN below. Value side: From top to bottom: CONFOE / DERATIO / 5 FR / 1979 / HELVETICA
		1979	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	no. 902,000 PP 35,000	Kurt Wirth, Bern
Description: On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the physicist and Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein . Picture side : The picture side shows handwritten excerpts from the general relativity theory . An equation for determining the spacetime structure and the equation of motion for contained particles. Value side : from top to bottom: CONFOE- / DERATIO / HELVETICA / 5 FR / 1979.
		1980	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	Unz. 951,000 PP 50,000	Bernard Bavaud, Gland
Description: Ferdinand Hodler was a Swiss painter of Symbolism and Art Nouveau. Today he is the most famous Swiss painter of the 19th century. In 1880, Hodler began to break away from the artistic models of his early years and to develop his own style. This commemorative coin is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of his artistic development. Picture side: Portrait of Ferdinand Hodler. FERDINAND HODLER is on the left. Value side: From top to bottom: 5 / CONFOEDERATIO / HELVETICA / FR / 1980.
		1981	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	Unz. 950,000 PP 50,260	Kurt Wirth, Bern
Description: On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Stans Agreement, an agreement of the Eight Locations of the Confederation of Confederation concluded in December 1481 , with which the internal conflict, especially between urban and rural locations , was settled. Picture side : A schematic face and a raised hand as well as the characters STANS and 1481. Value side : HELVETIA is arranged in a circle. An artistic 5 and the characters FR for Francs and 1981 as the year of the coin.
		1982	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	no. 902,000 PP 35,000	Picture side : Bernhard Luginbühl , Mötschwil-Hindelbank Value side : Original mint
Description: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of the Gotthard Railway in Lucerne and Milan from May 22nd to May 25th 1882, the Swiss artist Bernhard Luginbühl designed the obverse of this commemorative coin. Picture side : The picture side shows an artistic adaptation of bridges and tracks that are distorted and not three-dimensionally correct in space. In the background you can see a Swiss cross with rays that are reminiscent of the sun. On the left it says 1882–1982 and on the right it says GOTTHARDUS. Value Page: The value page is a template of the Swiss mint and shows in serif HELVETIA / 5 Fr. / 1982 and a semi-ring of a oak branch on the left and key flowers on the right side, which are bound with a loop.
		1983	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	Unz. 951,000 PP 60,160	Jean Lecoultre, Pully
Description: On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermets . Picture side : It shows the side portrait of Ernest Ansermet with three lines of music. ERNEST ANSERMET 1883–1969 is written on the left and lower edge. Value side : On a raised surface is written inversely from top to bottom: 5 FR / CONFŒDERATIO / HELVETICA / 1983
		1984	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	Unz. 1,012,000 PP 75,000	Hugo Suter, Seengen
Description: On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Auguste Piccard , a Swiss scientist, physicist, inventor and father of Jacques Piccard and grandfather of Bertrand Piccard . In 1932 he set a world record with a gas balloon and in 1953 a world record with a Trieste . Picture side : In the form of a mirrored Yin and Yang sign, a gas balloon is depicted in one chamber and a Trieste in the other. At the left edge is A. PICCARD and right 1884–1962. Value side : From top to bottom: HELVETIA / 1984/5 FR.
		1985	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	unc. 1,156,000 PP 84,000	Angela Baccini, Lucerne
Description: This commemorative coin was issued on the occasion of the European Year of Music in 1985. Picture side : Shows details of concentric circles and parabolas. The common center or focal point is on the lower left edge. Five horizontal lines symbolize the strings of a stringed instrument. At the upper edge is MVSICES ANNVS EVROPAE 1985. Value side : On the shiny side is raised vertical CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA and horizontal 5 FR.
		1986	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	unc. 1,082,000 PP 75,000	Rolf Brem , Lucerne
Description: On the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Sempach , which took place on July 9, 1386 and is considered to be the highlight in the history of the Old Confederation in the conflict with the House of Habsburg . Picture side : The picture side shows schematically three federal fighters and several lances. Likewise, on the picture side 1386 SEMPACH is written. Value side: Pointing from top to bottom: Das Schweizerkreuz / CONFOEDERATIO / HELVETICA 1986/5 FR.
		1987	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	unc. 960,000 PP 62,000	Max Bill , Zumikon
Description: On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Le Corbusier , a Franco-Swiss architect , architectural theorist , urban planner , painter , draftsman , sculptor and furniture designer , the artist Max Bill designed this commemorative coin. Picture side: It shows a square image, which is reminiscent of the style of Le Corbusier's architecture, and a figure that comes from a picture of Le Corbusier's Modulor System . Above the square is LE CORBUSIER, below 1887_______1965, left 432 698 1130, right MODULOR. Value side: shows a square rotated by 45 ° with 5 FR in the middle. CONFOEDERATIO is written on the upper left edge of the square and HELVETICA on the right edge. On the lower left edge is 1987 and on the right 1114.
		1988	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	unc. 960,000 PP 62,000	Roger Pfund, Geneva
Description: This commemorative coin was issued on the occasion of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul from September 17th to October 2nd, 1988 . Picture side : The picture side consists of concentric circles. In the middle are the five Olympic rings and from the middle downwards a pigeon body is shown negatively from above. Value side : The value side consists of many interlocking circles analogous to the Olympic rings. A capital 5 is written in negative and from top to bottom FR / CONFOEDERATIO / HELVETICA / 1988.
		1989	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	unc. 1,270,000 PP 69,000	Werner Jeker, Lausanne
Description: This commemorative coin was issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mobilization and in honor of the then General Guisan . Picture side : The picture side shows the portrait of General Guisan in relief . On the left is HENRI GUISAN 1939 vertically. Value side : Swiss crosses are used to create a uniform surface. A three-line high 5 is written on the negative side and CONFOEDERATIO / HELVETICA 1989 / FR written from top to bottom.
		1990	Alloy : Cupronickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) Diameter : 31 mm Weight : 13.2 g	no. 1,100,000 PP 69,400	Pietro Sarto, St. Préx
Description: This commemorative coin was issued on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of Gottfried Keller , a Swiss poet and politician. Picture side : On the picture side there is a portrait of Keller. GOTTFRIED KELLER is on the left and 1819–1890 on the right. Value side : The value side reads from top to bottom: 5 FR / CONFOEDERATIO / HELVETICA / 1990.
		1999	Alloy : copper-nickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) + Nordic gold (Cu 89 / Al 5 / Zn 5 / Sn 1) diameter : 33 mm weight : 15 g	unc. 160,000 PP 16,000	Gaspard Delachaux, Valeyressous-Ursins
Description: On the occasion of the Fête des Vignerons , a wine festival in Vevey that only takes place every 25 years, this first bimetal commemorative coin was issued. It initiated a series of five commemorative coins on important Swiss festive customs. Picture side : On the picture side there are circles on the golden surface that are reminiscent of grapes. In the silver border is FETE DES VIGNERONS VEVEY 1999. Value side : In the golden area there is 5 Fr. and in a circle CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA 1999. In the silver border there are various images of animals (snake, butterfly, mouse, fox, bee, lizard and spider).
		2000	Alloy : copper-nickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) + Nordic gold (Cu 89 / Al 5 / Zn 5 / Sn 1) diameter : 33 mm weight : 15 g	unc. 170,000 PP 20,000	Hans-Rudolf Fitze, Basel
Description: The second coin in the Swiss Festivities series commemorates the Basel Carnival . Picture side : Pictured is a train from Pfeiffer. It says FASNACHT upside down and BASLER at the bottom. Value side : 5 FR / 2000 is written on the golden surface, CONFOEDERATIO on the left edge and HELVETICA on the right edge. Various confetti are shown in the silver border .
		2000	Alloy : copper-nickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) + Nordic gold (Cu 89 / Al 5 / Zn 5 / Sn 1) diameter : 33 mm weight : 15 g	no. 150,000 PP 15,000	Harold Studer, Bern
Description: On the occasion of 150 years of the Swiss franc . The first coins were minted by the state founded in 1848 in 1850 and issued one year later. Picture side : The golden surface consists of honeycombs with the central lettering + FR +. In the silver border eight honey bees are shown at the top and at the bottom is 1850 2000. Picture side : The golden area shows the section of a leaf with the leaf veins and the characters 5 FR. CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA • 2000 • is written in the silver border.
		2001	Alloy : copper-nickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) + Nordic gold (Cu 89 / Al 5 / Zn 5 / Sn 1) diameter : 33 mm weight : 15 g	unc. 170,000 PP 20,000	John Grüniger, Zurich
Description: Commemoration of the Sechseläuten guild festival in Zurich . The festival takes place every year in mid-April and is symbolically intended to drive away the winter when an artificial snowman (called Böögg ) is burned on a stake . The guilds ride around the stake. Picture side : The picture side shows the Böögg with some flames in the background. In the silver border is ZÜRCHER at the top and SECHSELÄUTEN at the bottom. Value side : In the middle is 5 FR and the mint mark B. On the edge of the golden surface is CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA 2001. Sixteen riders are depicted in the silver edge, all riding counterclockwise.
		2002	Alloy : copper-nickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) + Nordic gold (Cu 89 / Al 5 / Zn 5 / Sn 1) diameter : 33 mm weight : 15 g	unc. 130,000 PP 15,000	Pierre-Alain Zuber, Geneva
Description: On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the successful defense of the city of Geneva against Charles Emanuel of Savoy on the night of December 11th to December 12th, 1602. According to legend, everyday things were also fought, such as pouring vegetable soup over the attackers. Geneva celebrates this defense every year with the Escalade de Genève festival . Picture side : The golden surface of the coin shows the upper part of ladders that reach into a spiral roof. In the silver border above it says ESCALADE 1602–2002. In the lower part you can see the skyline of Geneva at that time. Value side : In the center is 5 FR and on the edge of the golden area CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA 2002. The ingredients for a vegetable soup are shown in the silver edge, such as potatoes , carrots , fennel and leek .
		2003	Alloy : copper-nickel (Cu 75 / Ni 25) + Nordic gold (Cu 89 / Al 5 / Zn 5 / Sn 1) diameter : 33 mm weight : 15 g	unc. 96,000 PP 12,000	Gian Vonzun, Pratval
Description: Commemoration of the Rhaetian custom Chalandamarz on March 1st, which dates back to Roman times and celebrates the beginning of the year. "Chalanda" means the first day of the month and "March" stands for the month of March. The celebration includes cracking whips, ringing cowbells and walking around the village fountain. It is used to drive away ghosts. Picture side : The picture side shows four boys ringing cowbells. On the silver edge there is a flower garland at the top and CHALANDAMARZ at the bottom. Value side : In the center is 5 FR and on the edge of the golden surface CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA 2002. The silver edge is decorated with a closed flower garland.