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Known (circulation) coins from Switzerland

(select only values: 1 centime(4), 2 centimes(5), 5 centimes(5), 10 centimes(4), 20 centimes(3), 50 centimes(5), 1 Franc(6), 2 Francs(6), 5 Francs(40)).

1 centime
1850 - 1900 [#3.1]
Bronz
Shield within sprigs, date below/Value within wreath

1 centime
1902 - 1941 [#3.2]
Bronz
Thin cross in shield within sprigs/Value within wreath

1 centime
1942 - 1946 [#3a]
Zinc
Cross in shield/Value within wreath

2 centimes
1850 - 1890 [#4.1]
Bronz
Shield within sprigs, date below/Value within wreath

2 centimes
1893 - 1931 [#4.2]
Bronz
Cross in shield within sprigs/Value within wreath

2 centimes
1932 - 1941 [#4.2a]
Bronz
Cross in shield within sprigs/Value within wreath

2 centimes
1942 - 1946 [#4.2b]
Zinc
Cross on shield within sprigs/Value within wreath

5 centimes
1850 - 1877 [#5]
Billon
Shield in center of oat sprigs/Value within wreath

10 centimes
1850 - 1876 [#6]
Billon
Shield within sprigs, date below/Value within wreath

20 centimes
1850 - 1859 [#7]
Billon
Shield within sprigs, date below/Value within wreath

50 centimes
1850 - 1851 [#8]
2.5g 900 silver
Seated Helvetia/Value, date within wreath

1 Franc
1850 - 1857 [#9]
5g 900 silver
Seated Helvetia/Value, date within wreath

1 Franc
1860 - 1861 [#9a]
5g 800 silver
Seated Helvetia/Value, date within wreath

2 Francs
1850 - 1857 [#10]
10g 900 silver
Seated Helvetia/Value, date within wreath

2 Francs
1860 - 1863 [#10a]
10g 800 silver
Seated Helvetia/Value, date within wreath

5 Francs
1850 - 1874 [#11]
25g 900 silver
Seated Helvetia/Value, date within wreath

2 Francs
1874 - 1967 [#21]
10g 835 silver
Standing Helvetia with lance and shield within star border/Value, date within wreath

2 Francs
1968 - 1981 [#21a.1]
Cupro-nichel
Standing Helvetia with lance and shield within star border/Value within wreath
27mm, 8.8g

2 Francs
1982 [#21a.2]
Cupro-nichel
22 Stars around figure/Value within wreath

2 Francs
1983 - 2013 [#21a.3]
Cupro-nichel
23 Stars around figure/Value within wreath

50 centimes
1875 - 1967 [#23]
2.5g 835 silver
Standing Helvetia with lance and shield within star border/Value, date within wreath

50 centimes
1968 - 1981 [#23a.1]
Cupro-nichel
Standing Helvetia with lance and shield within star border/Value within wreath
18mm, 2.2g

50 centimes
1982 [#23a.2]
Cupro-nichel
22 Stars around figure/Value within wreath

50 centimes
1983 - 2013 [#23a.3]
Cupro-nichel
23 Stars around figure/Value within wreath

1 Franc
1875 - 1967 [#24]
5g 835 silver
Standing Helvetia with lance and shield within star border/Value, date within wreath
24mm, 5g

1 Franc
1968 - 1981 [#24a.1]
Cupro-nichel
Standing Helvetia with lance and shield within star border/Value within wreath
23mm, 4.4g

1 Franc
1982 [#24a.2]
Cupro-nichel
22 Stars around figure/Value and date within wreath

1 Franc
1983 - 2013 [#24a.3]
Cupro-nichel
23 Stars around figure/Value and date within wreath

5 centimes
1879 - 1980 [#26]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned head right/Value within wreath

5 centimes
1918 [#26a]
Alama
Crowned head right/Value within wreath

5 centimes
1932 - 1941 [#26b]
Nichel
Crowned head right/Value within wreath

5 centimes
1981 - 2013 [#26c]
Bronz-Aluminiu
Crowned head right/Value within wreath

10 centimes
1879 - 2013 [#27]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned head right/Value within wreath
19mm, 3g

10 centimes
1918 - 1919 [#27a]
Alama
Crowned head right/Value within wreath

10 centimes
1932 - 1939 [#27b]
Nichel
Crowned head right/Value within wreath

20 centimes
1881 - 1938 [#29]
Nichel
Crowned head right/Value within wreath

20 centimes
1939 - 2013 [#29a]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned head right/Value within wreath

5 Francs
1888 - 1916 [#34]
25g 900 silver
Laureate head left/Shield divides value within wreath, star above

5 Francs
1922 - 1923 [#37]
25g 900 silver
William Tell right/Shield flanked by sprigs

5 Francs
1924 - 1928 [#38]
25g 900 silver
William Tell right/Shield flanked by sprigs

5 Francs
1931 - 1969 [#40]
15g 835 silver
William Tell right/Shield flanked by sprigs

5 Francs
1968 - 1981 [#40a.1]
Cupro-nichel
William Tell right/Shield flanked by sprigs

5 Francs
1982 - 1984 [#40a.2]
Cupro-nichel
William Tell right/Cross on shield flanked by sprigs

5 Francs
1985 - 1993 [#40a.3]
Cupro-nichel
William Tell right/Shield flanked by sprigs

5 Francs
1994 - 2013 [#40a.4]
Cupro-nichel
William Tell right/Shield flanked by sprigs

5 Francs
1936 [#41]
15g 835 silver
Confederation Armament Fund
Kneeling female figure holding sword and dove right/Inscription within square flanked by oak leaves

5 Francs
1939 [#42]
15g 835 silver
600th Anniversary - Battle of Laupen
Seated hooded figure facing right/Cross, date and value

5 Francs
1939 [#43]
15g 835 silver
Zurich Exposition
Small cross on shield above inscription/Shaking hands below standing figures with horse

5 Francs
1941 [#44]
15g 835 silver
650th Anniversary of Confederation
Three standing figures representing the original cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden/Small cross divides dates above inscription

5 Francs
1944 [#45]
15g 835 silver
500th Anniversary - Battle of St. Jakob An Der Birs
Kneeling figure looking right/Small cross above inscription

1 centime
1948 - 2006 [#46]
Bronz
Cross/Value and oat sprig

2 centimes
1948 - 1974 [#47]
Bronz
Cross/Value and oat sprig

5 Francs
1948 [#48]
15g 835 silver
Swiss Constitution Centennial
Seated woman and child facing left/Small cross divides date below inscription

5 Francs
1963 [#51]
15g 835 silver
Red Cross Centennial
Value/Nurse standing, patient on stretcher, motif forming a cross

5 Francs
1974 [#52]
Cupro-nichel
100th Anniversary - Revision of Constitution
Dates flanked by vertical inscriptions/Three standing female figures and cross

5 Francs
1975 [#53]
Cupro-nichel
European Monument Protection Year
Value and inscription/Date above inscription flanked by hands

5 Francs
1976 [#54]
Cupro-nichel
500th Anniversary - Battle of Murten
Value/Stylized figures

5 Francs
1977 [#55]
Cupro-nichel
150th Anniversary - Death of Johann Pestalozzi
Value and cross at center/Hooded head left

5 Francs
1978 [#56]
Cupro-nichel
150th Anniversary - Birth of Henry Dunant, founder of the International Red Cross
Value and date/Head facing

5 Francs
1979 [#57]
Cupro-nichel
Centennial - Birth of Albert Einstein (Portrait)
Inscription, value and date/Head facing

5 Francs
1979 [#58]
Cupro-nichel
Centennial - Birth of Albert Einstein (Formula)
Inscription above value/Formulas

5 Francs
1980 [#59]
Cupro-nichel
Ferdinand Hodler - Painter
Value above legend and date/Head facing

5 Francs
1981 [#60]
Cupro-nichel
500th Anniversary - Stans Convention of 1481
Value and date/Stylized design

5 Francs
1982 [#61]
Cupro-nichel
100th Anniversary - Gotthard Railway
Value and date above sprigs/Stylized design

5 Francs
1983 [#62]
Cupro-nichel
100th Anniversary - Birth of Ernest Ansermet
Value and date/Music notes within head right

5 Francs
1984 [#63]
Cupro-nichel
Centennial - Birth of Auguste Piccard
Value and date/Stylized designs

5 Francs
1985 [#64]
Cupro-nichel
European Year of Music
Value and vertical inscription/Sphere design

5 Francs
1986 [#65]
Cupro-nichel
500th Anniversary - Battle of Sempach
Cross above inscription and date/Stylized design

5 Francs
1987 [#66]
Cupro-nichel
100th Anniversary - Birth of Le Corbusier
Value within diamond shape/Standing figure within squared design

5 Francs
1988 [#67]
Cupro-nichel
Olympics - Dove and Rings
Value within entwined circles/Stylized dove and circles

5 Francs
1989 [#68]
Cupro-nichel
General Guisan - 1939 Mobilization
Value within cluster of small crosses/Stylized head with cap facing 1/4 left

5 Francs
1990 [#69]
Cupro-nichel
Gottfried Keller
Value, inscription and date/Bust left

5 Francs
1999 [#86]
Bimetal
Wine Festival
Value and inscription within circle, assorted rodents around border/Grapes within circle

5 Francs
2000 [#89]
Bimetal
Basler Fasnacht
Value within circle/Costumed flutists within circle

5 Francs
2000 [#91]
Bimetal
Swiss National Coinage, 150 Years
Value within detailed leaf surface showing vein structure/Honeycomb design within circle

5 Francs
2001 [#92]
Bimetal
Zurcher Sechselauten
Value within circle/Burning strawman within circle

5 Francs
2002 [#98]
Bimetal
Escalade 1602-2002
Value within circle/Swirling ladders design within circle

5 Francs
2003 [#103]
Bimetal
Chalandamarz
Value within circular inscription and designed wreath/Boys shaking bells within 3/4 designed wreath

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Total of 78 coins from Switzerland in my personal collection.