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Swiss franc
The 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 € 0.646289.
- 1 centime (not in use anymore)
- 5 centimes (2007 will be a debate about the need of this coin)
- 10 centimes
- 20 centimes
- ½ franc
- 1 franc
- 2 francs
- 5 francs
Banknotes in circulation are[2]
- 10 francs
- 20 francs
- 50 francs
- 100 francs
- 200 francs
- 1000 francs
See franc for other currencies with the same name.
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