CHFxxx Swiss Franc exchange rate Live chart (Switzerland currency, code: CHF, symbol: Fr. or fr.)




Switzerland currency : Swiss Franc (ISO 4217 currency code: CHF, symbol: Fr. or fr.) : Fr. 1 (franc) = 100 centimes(c. French) Rappen(Rp. German) centesimo(ct. Italian) rap (rp. Romansh). Its nicknames are Einräppler (1 centime coin), Füüferli (5 centimes coin), Füfzgerli (50 centimes coin), Stutz (1 franc coin), Zweifränkler (2 francs coin), Füüfliiber (5 francs coin). Legal tender of Swiss Confederation(Switzerland) and Liechtenstein. And also legal tender in the Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia. The ISO 3166 country code "CH" stands for Confoederatio Helvetica. The name Switzer is from the Alemannic Schwiizer, in origin an inhabitant of Schwyz and its associated territory, one of the Waldstätte cantons which formed the nucleus of the Old Swiss Confederacy. Switzerland has existed as a state in its present form since the adoption of the Swiss Federal Constitution in 1848. Central bank is Swiss National Bank (SNB, Schweizerische Nationalbank, Banque nationale suisse, Banca nazionale svizzera, Banca naziunala svizra). Printer is Orell Füssli Arts Graphiques SA (Zürich). Mint is Swissmint.