Swiss Franc Wiki
The Swiss Franc is the official currency of Switzerland. Including its external territories: Switzerland, Liechtenstein. The currency code for Swiss Franc is CHF and the currency symbol is CHF.
The Swiss Franc (sign: CHF; code: CHF) is the currency of Switzerland.
The Swiss Franc (CHF) is used as the official currency in Liechtenstein, Switzerland.
The capital of Switzerland, Bern, uses the Swiss Franc as its currency. Additionally, there are several other cities that use CHF either as their official currency or as an accepted form of payment Bern, Vaduz.
About the Swiss Franc
The Swiss franc (German: Schweizer Franken, pronounced [ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐ ˈfʁaŋkn̩] ; French: franc suisse French pronunciation: [fɾɑ̃k sɥis(ə)]; Italian: franco Svizzero; Romansh: franc svizzer) is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is also legal tender in the Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia which is surrounded by Swiss territory. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) issues banknotes and the federal mint Swissmint issues coins.
In the various languages of Switzerland, it is often simply referred as German: Franken, French: franc, Italian: franco and Romansh: franc. It is also designated through currency signs Fr (in German language), fr. (in French, Italian, Romansh languages), as well as in any other language, or internationally as CHF which stands for Confoederatio Helvetica Franc. This acronym also serves as the ISO 4217 currency code, used by banks and financial institutions.
The smaller denomination, a hundredth of a franc, is a Rappen (Rp.) in German, centime (c.) in French, centesimo (ct.) in Italian, and rap (rp.) in Romansh.
The official symbols Fr. (German symbol) and fr. (Latin languages) are widely used by businesses and advertisers, also for the English language. According to Art. 1 SR/RS 941.101 of the federal law collection the internationally official abbreviation – besides the national languages – however is CHF, also in English; respective guides also request to use the ISO 4217 code. The use of SFr. for Swiss Franc and fr.sv. are outdated. As previously indicated Latinate "CH" stands for Confoederatio Helvetica; given the different languages used in Switzerland, Latin is used for language-neutral inscriptions on its coins.
With currencyconverts.com, you can convert Swiss Franc (CHF) to any other foreign currency. To convert a certain amount of Swiss Franc, use the currency converter. This page provides free online information about currency conversion or exchange rates for world fiat currencies. The exchange rate for Swiss Franc is calculated from the mid-market real price and updates daily. Usually, people search for the CHF exchange rate before business travel to Switzerland or during a trip to other countries, and want to check the rate of Swiss Franc in local money. On this page, you can convert Swiss Franc to main foreign currencies, get fast access to the most commonly used amounts of CHF, or alternatively calculate any amount of Swiss Franc in other fiat money.