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yotie Pillar of the Community United States 3077 Posts	Posted 02/19/2009 9:17 pm picked this up in the .25 box and info on its composition would be nice Report this Post to the Staff

SeriousCERES Valued Member United States 365 Posts	Posted 02/19/2009 9:20 pm Yes, Swiss, 10 rappen (also called 'centimes' in the French-speaking part) These are cupro-nickel, 3 grams. 35 cents in VF, 70 cents in XF Krause values. Report this Post to the Staff
yotie Pillar of the Community United States 3077 Posts	Posted 02/19/2009 9:35 pm thanks thought it may be nickel so is there are 100 rappens to a franc? Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 02/19/2009 9:49 pm No! 100 rappen to a franken, 100 centimes to a franc, 100 centisimos to a Franchi (It's a language concern, since Switzerland has 4 national languages) **But yes, 100 small things (or 10 of these coins = 1 Fr) Edited by wd1040 02/19/2009 9:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SeriousCERES Valued Member United States 365 Posts	Posted 02/19/2009 10:17 pm Wd1040-- I'm VERY disappointed that you did not supply these denominations in Romansch as well. So much for "Fair and balanced"! So let me take a stab at it: 100 Räppîschkèn = 1 Frànkïschken Am I close? Edited by SeriousCERES 02/19/2009 10:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 02/19/2009 10:36 pm I did! But I didn't know the Romansch word for cents... but in Romansch it's still francs. ahh... according to Wiki, it's just raps. Quote: Frànkïschken What is that? Arnie's English? Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 02/20/2009 06:35 am Not that this matters much but yes, it's "rap" (singular) or "raps" (plural). So we have ... (de) Rappen / Franken (same for singular and plural) (fr) centime / franc (it) centesimo / franco (rm) rap / franc That is also why the small denomination coins only have digits to indicate the face value. The small "B" at the bottom is Swissmint's Berne mintmark. Christian Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 02/20/2009 11:06 pm What if there's no "B"? I think I have a few with no mint marks and maybe... maybe one with "A" Report this Post to the Staff
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