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January 10 2012

swissview: The Swiss franc. Unlike US-Dollars Swiss banknotes are very colourful. On the the picture you can see a CHF 10.- and CHF 20.- Bill. The yellow bill (10 francs) shows a portrait of Le Corbusier, a famous Swiss architect and designer. On the back of the bill you can see some stuff he designed, like a building (I think it is in India). The pink bill (20 francs) shows a portrait of Arthur Honegger, a Swiss composer. I don’t know much about him. I think there is one piece that sound like a steam engine that is quite famous. But there are also: 50 franc-bill (green: Sophie Teuber-Arp, Swiss artist) 100 franc-bill (blue: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor) 200 franc-bill (mustard; C.F. Ramuz, Swiss writer) 1000 franc-bill (purple; Jacob Burckhardt; historian of art (I had to look him up - It’s been quite some time since i had a 1000 franc-bill in my hands)) The great thing about being a small country is that you can change your set of banknotes like every 20 years. On this site (http://www.snb.ch/en/iabout/cash/newcash/id/cash_new_result/3) you can see some designs for the upcoming new series. I might show the coins and other bills another time.

swissview:

The Swiss franc. Unlike US-Dollars Swiss banknotes are very colourful. On the the picture you can see a CHF 10.- and CHF 20.- Bill.

The yellow bill (10 francs) shows a portrait of Le Corbusier, a famous Swiss architect and designer. On the back of the bill you can see some stuff he designed, like a building (I think it is in India).

The pink bill (20 francs) shows a portrait of Arthur Honegger, a Swiss composer. I don’t know much about him. I think there is one piece that sound like a steam engine that is quite famous.

But there are also:

  • 50 franc-bill (green: Sophie Teuber-Arp, Swiss artist)
  • 100 franc-bill (blue: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor)
  • 200 franc-bill (mustard; C.F. Ramuz, Swiss writer)
  • 1000 franc-bill (purple; Jacob Burckhardt; historian of art (I had to look him up - It’s been quite some time since i had a 1000 franc-bill in my hands))

The great thing about being a small country is that you can change your set of banknotes like every 20 years. On this site (http://www.snb.ch/en/iabout/cash/newcash/id/cash_new_result/3) you can see some designs for the upcoming new series.

I might show the coins and other bills another time.