The Frank was the currency of the Swisscanton of Unterwalden between 1798 and 1850. It was subdivided into 10 Batzen. It was worth 1⁄4th the French silver écu or 6.67 g fine silver.
The Frank was the currency of the Helvetian Republic from 1798. The Helvetian Republic ceased issuing coins in 1803. Nidwalden issued coins in 1811 and Obwalden issued coins in 1812. In 1850, the Swiss franc was introduced, with 1 Unterwalden Frank = 1.4597 Swiss francs.
Coinsedit
Both half cantons issued billon coins in denominations of 1⁄2 and 1 Batzen, together with silver coins for 5 Batzen.
unterwalden, frank, frank, currency, swiss, canton, unterwalden, between, 1798, 1850, subdivided, into, batzen, worth, french, silver, écu, fine, silver, contents, history, coins, references, external, linkshistory, editmain, article, swiss, franc, before, hel. The Frank was the currency of the Swiss canton of Unterwalden between 1798 and 1850 It was subdivided into 10 Batzen It was worth 1 4 th the French silver ecu or 6 67 g fine silver Contents 1 History 2 Coins 3 References 4 External linksHistory editMain article Swiss franc Before the Helvetic Republic The Frank was the currency of the Helvetian Republic from 1798 The Helvetian Republic ceased issuing coins in 1803 Nidwalden issued coins in 1811 and Obwalden issued coins in 1812 In 1850 the Swiss franc was introduced with 1 Unterwalden Frank 1 4597 Swiss francs Coins editBoth half cantons issued billon coins in denominations of 1 2 and 1 Batzen together with silver coins for 5 Batzen References edit nbsp Money portalKrause Chester L Clifford Mishler 1991 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801 1991 18th ed Krause Publications ISBN 0873411501 External links edit nbsp This article about a unit of currency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Unterwalden frank amp oldid 1022905341, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
