Time Period: 1803-1910

Timeline

  • Canton Aargau:
    - Accounting unit: Southern German Guilder (24½ Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 1½ Swiss Francs (1803)
    - 1803-1810: Issuance of Cantonal silver coins
    - 1805-1819: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 1826-1831: Issuance of reformed subsidiary coins after the inter-Cantonal coinage concordat of 1825
    - ??.??.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.12.1851
    - 31.01.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 33 Southern German Guilders = 70 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 01.01.1856: Start of paper money issuance by the (Cantonal) Bank of Aargau (est. 27.05.1854).
  • Canton Appenzell (-Ausserrhoden / -Innerrhoden):
    - Accounting unit: Southern German Guilder (24½ Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 1½ Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 11 Guilders
    - 1803-1810: Issuance of Cantonal silver coins in Appenzell-Ausserrhoden
    - 1808-1816: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins in Appenzell-Ausserrhoden
    - 15.12.1850: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850 in Appenzell-Ausserrhoden; effective 16.07.1852
    - ??.??.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850 in Appenzell-Ausserrhoden; effective 16.07.1852
    - 16.07.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 33 Southern German Guilders = 70 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 11.10.1877: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Appenzell-Ausserrhoden (est. 23.11.1876)
    - 01.10.1901: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Appenzell-Innerrhoden (est. ??.11.1879).
  • Canton Basel (since 1833: -Stadt / -Landschaft):
    - Accounting unit: Southern German Guilder (24½ Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 1½ Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 11 Guilders
    - 1805-1818: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 1826: Issuance of reformed subsidiary coins after the inter-Cantonal coinage concordat of 1825
    - 15.09.1845: Start of paper money issuance in French Francs by the Bank in Basel (est. 19.10.1843)
    - 28.04.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850 in Basel-Stadt; effective 01.12.1851
    - ??.??.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850 in Basel-Landschaft; effective 01.12.1851
    - 31.01.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 33 Southern German Guilders = 70 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 01.07.1871: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Basel-Landschaft (est. 10.07.1864)
    - 01.12.1873: Start of paper money issuance in Swiss Francs by the Bank in Basel (est. 19.10.1843)
    - 25.03.1900: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Basel(-Stadt) (est. 01.10.1899).
  • Canton Berne:
    - 1811-1835: Issuance of Cantonal silver coins, a golden Dubloon at 16 Francs was issued in 1819-1829
    - 02.07.1816: Cantonal ordinance on the counter-stamping of French Thales-sized coins, rated at 40 Swiss Batzen (1803), to overcome a specie coin shortage
    - 1804-1836: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 1826: Issuance of reformed subsidiary coins after the inter-Cantonal coinage concordat of 1825
    - 17.08.1825: Start of paper money issuance in French Francs by the Depository Bank of the City of Berne (est. 20.04.1825)
    - 20.06.1834: Start of paper money issuance in French Francs by the Cantonal Bank of Berne (est. 06.07.1833)
    - 22.05.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.11.1851
    - 31.12.1851: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage (extended due to insufficient supply of new coins)
    - 10.02.1859: Start of paper money issuance in Swiss Francs by the Cantonal Bank of Berne (est. 06.07.1833)
    - 22.01.1864: Start of paper money issuance by the Federal Bank in Berne (est. 26.11.1863).
  • Canton Freiburg:
    - 11.03.1798: Government ordinance of the short-lived "Canton Sarine et Broye" (dissolved mid-1798) on the issuance of a silver coin at 42 Kreuzer
    - 20.11.1800: Government ordinance of the Helvetian Republic on the demonetization of the Sarine et Broye silver coins and exchange into 10 Helvetian Batzen; effective 31.12.1800
    - 1810-1813: Issuance of Cantonal silver coins
    - 1806-1814: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 1826-1846: Issuance of reformed subsidiary coins after the inter-Cantonal coinage concordat of 1825
    - ??.??.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.09.1851
    - 31.10.1851: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage
    - ??.12.1851: Start of paper money issuance by the (first) Cantonal Bank of Freiburg (est. 15.03.1850, liq. ??.??.1922)
    - ??.??.1857: Start of paper money issuance by the People's Bank of Gruyère (est. 13.03.1854)
    - 18.03.1866: Start of paper money issuance by the Mortgage Bank of Freiburg (est. 12.02.1854)
    - 17.01.1867: Start of paper money issuance by the Agricultural and Industrial Credit Bank of the Broye Valley (est. 21.08.1866)
    - 01.01.1874: Start of paper money issuance by the Credit Bank of Gruyère (est. 21.08.1873)
    - ??.10.1874: Start of paper money issuance by the Debt Repayment Fund of Freiburg (est. 25.11.1867)
    - 01.05.1893: Start of paper money issuance by the State Bank of Freiburg (est. 29.12.1892).
  • Canton Geneva (after 1850):
    - 17.05.1850: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.08.1851
    - 11.06.1852: Cantonal ordinance on the withdrawal the Genevan coinage at 1 : 1; implemented 14.06. - 14.08.1852
    - 01.01.1850: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank for the Genevan Commerce (est. 10.11.1845)
    - ??.??.1856: Start of paper money issuance by the Discount Bank of Geneva (est. ??.??.1856)
    - 01.07.1883: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank of Geneva (est. 12.05.1848).
  • Canton Glarus:
    - Accounting unit: Glarus Guilder / 50 Schilling (23½ Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 1½ Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 10½ Guilders
    - 1806-1814: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 28.03.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 16.02.1852
    - 15.04.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 31½ Glarus Guilders = 70 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - ??.??.1852: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank in Glarus (est. 01.02.1852)
    - ??.??.1870: Start of paper money issuance by the Loan Bank of Glarus (est. 23.03.1852)
    - 01.01.1893: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Glarus (est. 23.03.1852).
  • Canton Grisons:
    - Accounting unit: Grisons Guilder / 70 Blutzger (30 Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 11⁄6 Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 13½ Guilders
    - 1825: Issuance of Cantonal silver coins, a golden Dubloon at 16 Francs was produced from river gold and used for presentation
    - 1807-1842: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 17.06.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.06.1852
    - 31.07.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 35 Grisons Guilders = 60 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 01.07.1865: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank of Grisons (est. 01.05.1862)
    - 19.07.1872: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Grisons (est. 02.12.1869).
  • Canton Lucerne:
    - Accounting unit: Lucerne Guilder / 40 Schilling / 6 Angster (26427⁄540 Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 1⅓ Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 12 Guilders
    - 1804-1807: Issuance of gold coins at 20, 10 Swiss Francs
    - 1811-1817: Issuance of Cantonal silver coins
    - 1803-1846: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 07.06.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.01.1852
    - 29.02.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 21 Lucerne Guilders = 40 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 17.04.1857: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank in Lucerne (est. 02.08.1856)
    - 31.10.1876: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Lucerne (est. 06.05.1850).
  • Canton Neuchâtel:
    - Accounting unit: Neuchâtel Livre (3486⁄100 Livres to the Parisian mark silver 11 deniers), rated at 8⁄9 Swiss Franc (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 164⁄5 Livres
    - 1807-1818: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins in local currency; they were not valid in other parts of Switzerland
    - 1814-1815: Issuance of silver coins in French currency
    - 25.09.1850: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 15.09.1851
    - 14.11.1851: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 29 Neuchâtel Livres = 40 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 30.04.1856: Start of paper money issuance by the (first) Cantonal Bank of Neuchâtel (est. 21.11.1854, liq. 31.12.1881)
    - 01.07.1883: Start of paper money issuance by the (second) Cantonal Bank of Neuchâtel (est. 18.04.1882)
    - ??.??.1883: Start of paper money issuance by the Commercial Bank of Neuchâtel (est. 15.09.1883).
  • Canton Saint Gall:
    - Accounting unit: Southern German Guilder (24½ Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 1½ Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 11 Guilders
    - 1807-1817: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 19.12.1837: Start of paper money issuance in Southern German Guilders by the Bank of Saint Gall (est. 15.09.1837)
    - 23.12.1848: Start of paper money issuance in Southern German Guilders by the Loan and Savings Bank of the Lake District (est. ??.??.1848)
    - 15.12.1850: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 17.05.1852
    - 16.07.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 33 Southern German Guilders = 70 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - ??.??.1852: Start of paper money issuance in Swiss Francs by the Bank of Saint Gall (est. 15.09.1837)
    - 02.03.1868: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Saint Gall (est. 09.05.1867)
    - 01.05.1865: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank of Toggenburg (est. 01.07.1863).
  • Canton Schaffhausen:
    - Accounting unit: Southern German Guilder (24½ Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 1½ Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 11 Guilders
    - 1808-1809: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 15.12.1850: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 15.03.1852
    - 14.05.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 33 Southern German Guilders = 70 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 15.03.1862: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank in Schaffhausen (est. 28.03.1862)
    - 01.07.1883: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Schaffhausen (est. 01.05.1883).
  • Canton Schwyz:
    - Accounting unit: Schwyz Guilder / 40 Schilling / 6 Angster (28½ Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 13⁄13 Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 13 Guilders (the border regions of March and Höfe were using the accounting of neighbouring Glarus and Zurich)
    - 1810-1846: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - around 1844: Issuance of a golden Ducat coin (at nominally 6½ Schwyz Guilder) as price for a shooting festival
    - 08.07.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.01.1852
    - 29.02.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 39 Schwyz Guilders = 70 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 01.01.1891: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Schwyz (est. 01.01.1890).
  • Canton Solothurn:
    - 1812-1813: Issuance of Cantonal gold and silver coins
    - 1805-1811: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 1826: Issuance of reformed subsidiary coins after the inter-Cantonal coinage concordat of 1825
    - 16.06.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.11.1851
    - 31.01.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage
    - ??.04.1858: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank in Solothurn (est. 26.02.1857)
    - 02.01.1886: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Solothurn (est. 01.01.1886).
  • Canton Thurgau:
    - Accounting unit: Southern German Guilder (24½ Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 1½ Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 11 Guilders
    - 1808-1809: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 15.12.1850: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 17.05.1852
    - 16.07.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 33 Southern German Guilders = 70 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - ??.??.1852: Start of paper money issuance by the Mortgage Bank of Thurgau (est. 01.01.1852)
    - ??.??.1871: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Thurgau (est. 03.04.1870).
  • Canton Ticino:
    - Accounting unit: Ticino Lira / 20 Soldi / 12 Denari (67½ Milan Lire di cassa to the Cologne mark fine silver and Ticino Lira = 11⁄5 Milan Lire), rated at 5⁄12 Swiss Franc (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 615½ Ticino Soldi (after 1834: 648 Ticino Soldi)
    - 1813-1814: Issuance of Cantonal silver coins
    - 1814-1841: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins in local currency, 1835 also in Swiss currency
    - 07.06.1852: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.07.1852
    - 31.07.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 168 Ticino Lire = 100 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - ??.??.1861: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Ticino (est. 03.12.1858)
    - 01.06.1874: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank of Italian Switzerland (est. 22.04.1873)
    - 11.04.1893: Start of paper money issuance by the Credit Bank of Ticino (est. 01.06.1890)
    - 25.03.1898: Start of paper money issuance by the People's Bank of Lugano (est. 15.03.1888).
  • Canton Unterwalden (Nidwalden / Obwalden):
    - Accounting unit: Lucerne Guilder / 40 Schilling / 6 Angster (26427⁄540 Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 1⅓ Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 12 Guilders
    - 1811: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins in Nidwalden
    - 1812: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins in Obwalden
    - 12.07.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850 in Obwalden; effective 01.01.1852
    - 17.07.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850 in Nidwalden; effective 01.01.1852
    - 29.02.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage in both Obwalden and Nidwalden, the accounting unit was converted as: 21 Lucerne Guilders = 40 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 01.10.1879: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Nidwalden (est. 01.11.1879)
    - 02.01.1887: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Obwalden (est. 26.04.1885).
  • Canton Uri:
    - Accounting unit: Uri Guilder / 40 Schilling / 6 Angster (2812⁄13 Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 13⁄13 Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 13 Guilders
    - 1811: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 14.08.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.01.1852
    - 29.02.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 45½ Uri Guilders = 80 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - ??.05.1878: Start of paper money issuance by the Savings Bank of Uri (est. 01.06.1837).
  • Canton Wallis:
    - 1803-1850: No coin issuance. The 17th and 18th century coins of the Prince-bishopric of Sion and the Republic of the seven Tithings (Upper Wallis) remained in circulation, and Swiss coins from neighboring Cantons were used in payments.
    - 02.11.1850: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.09.1851
    - 31.10.1851: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage
    - ??.??.1858: Start of paper money issuance by the (first) Cantonal Bank of Wallis (est. 20.09.1856, liq. 31.12.1870)
    - 01.08.1871: Start of paper money issuance by the Mortgage and Credit Bank of the Canton of Wallis (est. ??.??.1871.)
  • Canton Vaud:
    - 1804-1845: Issuance of Cantonal silver coins
    - 02.07.1816: Cantonal ordinance on the counter-stamping of French Thales-sized coins, rated at 39 Swiss Batzen (1803), to overcome a specie coin shortage
    - 1808-1824: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 1826-1834: Issuance of reformed subsidiary coins after the inter-Cantonal coinage concordat of 1825
    - 15.07.1846: Start of paper money issuance in French Francs by the Cantonal Bank of Vaud (est. 19.12.1845)
    - 02.08.1850: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 01.08.1851
    - 30.09.1851: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage
    - ??.??.1856: Start of paper money issuance in Swiss Francs by the Cantonal Bank of Vaud (est. 19.12.1845)
    - 25.03.1865: Start of paper money issuance by the People's Bank of the Broye District (est. 02.05.1864).
  • Canton Zug:
    - Accounting unit: Zug Guilder / 40 Schilling / 6 Angster (28 Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 17⁄25 Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 12½ Guilders
    - 1804-1805: Re-issuance 18th century subsidiary coins
    - 29.04.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 16.02.1852
    - 15.04.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 20 Zug Guilders = 37 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 01.10.1893: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Zug (est. 01.01.1892).
  • Canton Zurich:
    - Accounting unit: Zurich Guilder / 40 Schilling / 12 Haller (22 Guilders to the Cologne mark fine silver), rated at 13⁄5 Swiss Francs (1803); circulation of French Louis d'Or (1785), rated at 10 Guilders
    - 1812-1826: Issuance of Cantonal silver coins
    - 1810 Issuance of a golden Ducat coin (at nominally 5 Zurich Guilder)
    - 1807-1848: Issuance of Cantonal subsidiary coins
    - 27.05.1837: Start of paper money issuance in Brabant Thalers by the Bank in Zurich (est. 22.11.1836)
    - 30.01.1851: Cantonal law enacting the Swiss currency reform of 1850; effective 15.03.1852
    - 13.03.1852: Start of paper money issuance in Swiss Francs by the Bank in Zurich (est. 22.11.1836)
    - 14.05.1852: Demonetization of the Cantonal coinage, the accounting unit was converted as: 30 Zurich Guilders = 70 Swiss Francs (1850)
    - 23.07.1870: Start of paper money issuance by the Cantonal Bank of Zurich (est. 03.09.1869).