In German speaking Switzerland, one-hundredth of one Swiss franc is called Rappen. The plural is unchanged, thus also "1 Rappen", "2 Rappen". The word Rappe (plural Rappen) may also refer to a true black horse.

In French speaking Switzerland, the coins are called centime and "centimes", in Italian speaking Switzerland, centesimo and "centesimi" respectively. Two-Rappen coins were struck until 1974 and withdrawn from circulation in 1978, one-Rappen coins continued to be struck until 2006 and were demonetised in 2007.

[edit] References

• Hans Schweizer: Der Rappenmünzbund. Hilterfingen: Helvetische Münzenzeitung, 1969.
• Julius Cahn: Der Rappenmünzbund: eine Studie zur Münz- und Geldgeschichte des oberen Rheintales. Heidelberg 1901.
• Ilisch, Lutz (Hrsg.): Dirham und Rappenpfennig.
  • Band 1, Mittelalterliche Münzprägung in Bergbauregionen. Analysenreihen. Zeitschrift für Archäologie des Mittelalters: Beiheft 17. Bonn 2003. ISBN 3-7749-3086-4
  • Band 2, Mittelalterliche Münzprägung in Südwestdeutschland. Zeitschrift für Archäologie des Mittelalters: Beiheft 19. Bonn 2004. ISBN 3-7749-3299-9

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• Rappen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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