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Helvetia (/ h ɛ l ˈ v iː ʃ ə /) [1] is a national personification of Switzerland, officially Confoederatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation. The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing clothing, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Swiss flag , and commonly with braided hair and a wreath as a symbol of confederation .
The 5 francs coins of 1888–1918 were also realised by Schwenzer, based on a design by Christian Bühler of Bern, but the 5 francs coin as the only Swiss coin in current use was given a complete redesign in the 20th century, first used in the 1922 batch, based on a design of an "alpine herdsman" by Paul Burkhard of Richterswil (1888–1964).
It appears on coins of the Swiss franc from 1879, and was inscribed on the Federal Palace in 1902. It was used in the official seal from 1948. The abbreviation CH was first introduced in 1909, as international vehicle registration code, [5] and in 1974, it was assigned as ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Switzerland.
A Swiss five-franc coin with the Latin inscription Confoederatio Helvetica The Federal Palace of Switzerland, with the Latin inscription Curia Confoederationis Helveticae To avoid having to translate the name of Switzerland into the four national languages, [ c ] Latin is used on the coins of the Swiss franc ( Helvetia or Confoederatio ...
There's no shortage of interesting, old and rare European coins capable of commanding big money at auction -- but are any actually still in circulation and not being handled by private collectors ...
While the cost of the system is among the highest, its health outcomes compare well with other European countries; patients have been reported as in general, highly satisfied with it. [232] [233] [234] In 2012, life expectancy at birth was 80.4 years for men and 84.7 years for women [235] – the world's highest.
The design of the 1c, 2c and 5c coins shows Europe's place in the world as a whole. [12] The 10c coins and above show either the 15 countries that were the European Union in 2002, or, if minted after 2007, the whole European continent. [12] Coins from Italy, San Marino, the Vatican, Austria and Portugal show the new design if minted 2008 or ...
Each country had the opportunity to design its own national side of the euro coin. Most coins bear the initials or the name of the designer somewhere in the national design. For example, all eight motives of the common reverse sides of the euro coins bear the stylised initials "LL" for Luc Luycx.