Terms such as “billon” and “Nordic Gold”, and abbreviations such as Ag and Pt are commonly used by experienced coin collectors. We have summarised the most important terms and abbreviations for younger collectors.
After modern Switzerland was founded in 1848, it was a few more years until Switzerland had its own mint. This year, the Federal Mint is celebrating its 170th anniversary.
Shortly before this magazine was published, we launched the new “100 years 100-franc Vreneli”. But that’s not all! Join us in looking forward to the first coins in two new multi-part series.
According to the Swiss National Bank, there are around 5.8 billion coins with a value of CHF 3.2 billion in circulation. Mathematically speaking, this means every Swiss inhabitant has more than 600 regular issue coins with a value of over CHF 300.
40,000,000 regular issue coins with a value of CHF 23,700,000
… will be produced this year. How do we set this amount, and when will coins minted in 2025 actually come into circulation? We will answer these and more questions on Swiss coins in circulation.
On 22 May 2025, Jean Tinguely would have turned 100, making it the perfect occasion for the Federal Mint Swissmint to launch the new “Jean Tinguely” special coin.
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Federal Supreme Court, Swissmint has launched a new bimetal coin, “150 years Swiss Federal Supreme Court”. The distinctive features of this coin are the number 150 along with a modern pictorial interpretation of Lady Justice.
CERN silver coin – A symbol of Swiss and global innovation
On 13 March 2025, the Federal Mint Swissmint launched the new “CERN” special coin. CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.
On 14 July 2025, it will be 160 years since the first ascent of the Matterhorn. To mark this anniversary, the company CIT, Coin Invest AG, in cooperation with Swissmint, is issuing a silver coin weighing 2 kg.
World Money Fair 2025 Numismatics at the highest level
From 30 January to 1 February 2025, the world‘s largest coin fair broke all the records, attracting over 13,600 visitors and more than 300 exhibitors from 50 countries.
How the new “100 years 100-franc Vreneli” came to be
Coin designer Chiara Principe designed the “100 years 100-franc Vreneli” special coin. She has set out for us the five steps involved in bringing this special coin to life.
