Swiss franc

currency of Switzerland and Liechtenstein

The Swiss franc (German: Franken, French and Romansh: franc, Italian: franco; sign: Fr. or SFr.; code: CHF) is the currency of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Swiss franc
BanknotesCoins
BanknotesCoins
ISO 4217 CodeCHF
Official user(s)
Unofficial user(s)Germany Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany[note 1]
Inflation0.6% in 2021
SourceStatistik 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. used5, 10, 20 Centimes, ​12, 1, 2, 5 Francs
Banknotes
Freq. used10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 1000 Francs
Rarely used500 francs
Central bankSwiss National Bank
Websitehttps://www.snb.ch
PrinterOrell Füssli Sicherheitsdruck AG (Zürich)
Websitehttps://www.orellfuessli.com
MintSwissmint
Websitehttps://www.swissmint.ch

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.

Banknotes

  • 10 francs
  • 20 francs
  • 50 francs
  • 100 francs
  • 200 francs
  • 1000 francs

Coins

  • 1 centime (not used commonly)
  • 2 centimes (not used commonly)
  • 5 centimes
  • 10 centimes
  • 20 centimes
  • ½ franc
  • 1 franc
  • 2 francs
  • 5 francs

Notes

Other websites

  • Heiko Otto (ed.). "The Banknotes of Switzerland" (in English, German, and French). Retrieved 2019-05-06. (in English) (in German) (in French)