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Swiss franc

Swiss franc
Banknotes Coins
Banknotes Coins
ISO 4217 Code CHF
Official user(s)
Unofficial user(s) Germany Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany[note 1]
Inflation 0.6% in 2021
Source Statistik Schweiz
Subunit
1100
Nickname
  • Swiss German: Einräppler[note 3] for a 1 centime coin; Füüferli[note 3] for a 5 centimes coin; Füfzgerli[note 3] for a 50 centimes coin; Stutz[note 3] for a 1 franc coin (en Stutz), or change in general (Stutz); Füüfliiber[note 3] 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
Coins
Freq. used 5, 10, 20 Centimes, ​12, 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 Swiss franc (German: Franken, French and Romansh: franc, Italian: franco; sign: Fr. or SFr.; code: CHF) is the currency of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

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.
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