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 1s. 2d. 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. 1 French franc (commonly) 7 batzen or exactly 6 batzen 8 rapps. from 33 3/4 to 35 1 English shilling = 9 batzen. (1 >> sovereign 17 Swiss francs 4 batzen 6 rapps. 1 Brabant dollar batzen. Swiss Francs of 10 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 4 Swiss francs, or 40 41 8,3 12,4 16,5 20,6 24,8 28,9 33,0 37,1 122,5 2 3,8 2 45,0 3 26,3 4 7,5 4 48,8 5 30,0 611,3 6 52,5 13 45,0 20 37,5 27 30,0 34 22,5 41 15,0 88 89 68 45,0 148 48 7,5 103 70 55 118 52 61 52,5 133 33 England. Pound Sterling 15 Aarau, Bern, Basle, Freyburg, Soleure, Vaud, and Vallais. These cantons combined together in 1825 to adopt an uniform currency. Swiss franc Appenzell, St. Gall, Schaffhausen, and Thurgovie. Accounts are kept in florins (24 gulden foot, as in Frankfort, Baden, etc.) 4 florin, of 60 kreutzers =40 batzen. balz. = 10 rapps. Gulden = 15 batzen = 60 kreutzers. 4 Napoleon 1 Brabant dollar 1 Ducat 1 Convention dollar Geneva. a Florins (petite monnaie) containing 12 sols 20 sols b Livres, courants of c French francs and centimes d Swiss francs, and batzen 20d. English. 9 florins 21 kreutzers. = 5 fl. = 2 fl. 1 French 5-franc piece = 4 French franc 4 Brabant dollar Brabant dollar 1 franc 39 Swiss franc Genevese Currency. = 3. 10 9. or 12 (The Pound sterling is usually worth 25 fr. 50 c.) Glarus. 1 Florin or Gulden = 40 schillings. Liv. Sol. Den. FI 3 1 9 or 10 26 Genevese Sols. Grisons. Florin contains 15 (light) batzen, 60 kreutzers, or 70 blutzgers= 1 French franc 76 centimes = 16d. English. Den. 10 == 3 Gr. florins 20 kreutzers. 2 fl. 34 kr. 51 kr. 4 Swiss piece of 5 batzen = one fl. 1 batzen = 99 99 4 Bavarian florin 2 Zwanzigers 1 Louis d'or Lucerne and Unterwalden. Florin of 15 (light) batzen, or 40 schillings, or 60 kreutzers. = = Florin = Neuchâtel. Livres of Neuchâtel of 20 sols and 12 deniers. Louis d'or = 30 blutzgers. 6 blutzgers. 4 Grison fl. 44 kreutz. 4 Grison fl. 16 1/6 Neuchâtel livres. Schwytz and Uri. Florin of 15 (light) batzen, or 40 schillings, or 60 kreutzers. 42 florins of Lucerne. 2 florins of Lucerne. 22 schillings. Louis d'or=43 florins of Schwytz. Ticino (Tessin). The lira contains 20 soldi, each of 4 quatrini. Brabant dollar French 5-franc piece 20-franc Louis d'or from 34 to 37 1/2 lire. Zurich. = = 60 kreutzers 2 French francs 46 (good) batzen 35 cents. 1 Bavarian florin 6 kreutzers. 2 Zurich florins 27 kreutzers. 2 1/8 Zurich florins 8 1/2 Zurich florins. 99 "" 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. F |