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swiss franc (dict)
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Swiss FrancThe Swiss franc (CHF) is the currency of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is distributed by the central bank of Switzerland, the Schweizerische Nationalbank. It has different names in the four official languages spoken Switzerland: Franken (German), franc (French), franco (Italian) and franc (Rhaeto-Romanic). The smaller denomination, which is worth a hundredth of a franc, is called Rappen, centime, centesimo and rap, respectively. As of January 1, 2005, the Swiss franc was worth US$0.858101 or Euro0.646289. Coins in circulation arehttp://www.swissmint.ch/e/products/index.shtml - 1 centime (not in use anymore)
- 5 centimes (2007 will be a debate about the need of this coin)
- 10 centimes
- 20 centimes
- franc
- 1 franc
- 2 francs
- 5 francs
Banknotes in circulation arehttp://www.snb.ch/e/banknoten/noten.html - 10 francs
- 20 francs
- 50 francs
- 100 francs
- 200 francs
- 1000 francs
See franc for other currencies with the same name. External links
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