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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).
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 .
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 ...
The name of the national personification of Switzerland, Helvetia, and the country's contemporary Neo-Latin name, Confoederatio Helvetica (abbreviated CH), are derived from this tradition. In 2015, the star 51 Pegasi , the first main-sequence star found to have an exoplanet , [ 62 ] was named Helvetios after the Helvetii as part of the IAU 's ...
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Switzerland, [d] officially the Swiss Confederation, [e] is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [f] [13] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Pete Strange (December 19, 1938 –August 14, 2004), Brit sideman (trombonist), would have turned 86 this year. Milcho Leviev (December 19, 1937–October 12, 2019), Bulgarian keyboardist, would have turned 87 this year. Bobby Timmons (December 19, 1935 –March 01, 1974), American pianist, would have turned 89 this year.
Söderlund was a model in his youth, and later the owner of two nightclubs in Malmö. [3]Günther's 2004 song "Ding Dong Song" became popular in Sweden.The song (which featured Günther's backup singers, the Sunshine Girls) topped the Swedish charts in 2004 [4] and would go on to be featured on his album Pleasureman.