perplex himself with their intricacies; since he will find French Napoleons and francs current nearly all over Switzerland. They are indeed, on the whole, the best coins he can take with him ; and, except in some very remote situations, on the east side of the country, in the cantons of St. Gall, Appenzell, and Grisons, which border on Germany, and where Bavarian florins (= 20 pence) and kreutzers are in common circulation, the innkeepers always make out their bills in Fr. francs, or will do so if required. It is necessary, however, to prevent being cheated, that the traveller should know the value of one or two Swiss coins. 1 Swiss franc, containing 10 batz = 1 1/2 French franc 1 franc 48 cents.), (nearly 18. 2a. English. = N.B. This distinction between the value of French and Swiss francs should be particularly attended to. 1 batz contains 10 rappen, and-1 1/2d. (nearly) English. The Swiss coins most frequently met with are pieces of 5 batzen, or 1/2 a Swiss franc; 1 batz, 1/2 batz, and rappen. Pieces are also coined of 1, 2, 3, and 4 Swiss francs. Value of some Foreign Coins in Swiss Currency. 1 French Napoleon=14 Swiss francs. 1 >> 5 franc-piece batzen. from 33 3/4 to 35 1 French franc (commonly) 7 batzen or exactly 6 batzen 8 rapps. 1 English shilling 9 batzen. (1) 6 rapps. Sovereign 17 Swiss francs 4 batzen 4 Swiss francs, or 40 1 Brabant dollar batzen. [The Brabant dollar (kronthaler, or grosse thaler) is an advantageous coin to take into the German cantons, since, although it is worth only 5 Fr. fr. 80 cents., it passes throughout for 6 francs.] SWISS FRANCS AND BATZEN, - Reduced to their Value in the Money of FRENCH FRANCS AND CENTIMES COMPARED WITH SWISS FRANCS AND BATZEN. In many instances, the coins in the following tables are almost obsolete; and, where they still exist, French francs and Swiss batzen are also current, so that the traveller need rarely have recourse to them. Aarau, Bern, Basle, Freyburg, Soleure, Vaud, and Vallais. These cantons combined together in 1825 to adopt an uniform currency. Swiss franc balz. ='10 rapps. Gulden = 15 batzen 60 kreutzers. Appenzell, St. Gall, Schaffhausen, and Thurgovie. Accounts are kept in florins (24 gulden foot, as in Frankfort, Baden, etc.) (The Pound sterling is usually worth 25 fr. 50 c.) Florin contains 15 (light) batzen, 60 kreutzers, or 70 blutzgers= 1 French franc 76 centimes = 16d. English. = Lucerne and Unterwalden. Florin of 15 (light) batzen, or 40 schillings, or 60 kreutzers. Livres of Neuchâtel of 20 sols and 12 deniers. Florin of 15 (light) batzen, or 40 schillings, or 60 kreutzers. = Louis d'or=43 florins of Schwytz. The lira contains 20 soldi, each of 4 quatrini. Louis d'or = from 34 to 37 1/2 lire. Florin 16 (good) batzen = 60 kreutzers 2 French francs 4 Bavarian florin 6 kreutzers. The Zurich florin is also divided into 16 good) batzen and 40 rapps, and again into 40 schillings of 4 rapps each. In August, 1834 twelve of the cantons * agreed to appoint a commission to examine into the present complicated currency, and to devise a new and uniform system of coinage. They have already altered and corrected the weights and mea * Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Zug, Glarus, Freyburg, Soleure, Basle, Schaffhausen, St. Gall, Argovie, and Thurgovie. |