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1/2 Franc Helvetia standing, silver
| Issuer | Swiss Confederation |
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| Year | 1875-1967 |
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| In circulation to | 1 April 1971 |
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| Reverse lettering | 1/2 Fr. 1878 B |
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| Mintage | 1875 B - - 1,000,000 1875 B - Specimen - 1877 B - - 1,000,000 1877 B - Specimen - 1878 B - - 1,000,000 1878 B - Specimen - 1879 B - - 1,000,000 1879 B - Specimen - 1881 B - - 1,000,000 1881 B - Specimen - 1882 B - - 1,000,000 1882 B - Specimen - 1894 A - - 800,000 1894 B - Specimen - 1896 B - Specimen - 28 1898 B - - 1,600,000 1898 B - Specimen - 1899 B - - 400,000 1899 B - Specimen - 1900 B - - 400,000 1900 B - Specimen - 1901 B - - 200,000 1901 B - Specimen - 1903 B - - 800,000 1903 B - Specimen - 1904 B - - 400,000 1904 B - Specimen - 1905 B - - 600,000 1905 B - Specimen - 1906 B - - 1,000,000 1906 B - Specimen - 1907 B - - 1,200,000 1907 B - Specimen - 1908 B - - 800,000 1908 B - Specimen - 1909 B - - 1,000,000 1909 B - Specimen - 1910 B - - 1,000,000 1910 B - Specimen - 1913 B - - 800,000 1913 B - Specimen - 1914 B - - 2,000,000 1914 B - Specimen - 1916 B - - 800,000 1916 B - Specimen - 1920 B - - 5,400,000 1920 B - Specimen - 1921 B - - 6,000,000 1921 B - Specimen - 1928 B - - 1,000,000 1928 B - Specimen - 1929 B - - 2,000,000 1929 B - Specimen - 1931 B - - 1,000,000 1931 B - Specimen - 1932 B - - 1,000,000 1932 B - Specimen - 1934 B - - 2,000,000 1934 B - Specimen - 1936 B - - 400,000 1936 B - Specimen - 1937 B - - 1,000,000 1937 B - Specimen - 1939 B - - 1,001,000 1939 B - Specimen - 1940 B - - 2,002,000 1940 B - Specimen - 1941 B - - 200,000 1941 B - Specimen - 1942 B - - 2,969,000 1942 B - Specimen - 1943 B - - 4,573,000 1943 B - Specimen - 1944 B - - 7,455,000 1944 B - Specimen - 1945 B - - 4,928,000 1945 B - Specimen - 1946 B - coin alignment - 6,817,000 1946 B - medal alignment - 1946 B - Specimen - 1948 B - - 6,113,000 1948 B - Specimen - 1950 B - - 7,148,000 1950 B - Specimen - 1951 B - - 8,530,000 1951 B - Specimen - 1952 B - - 14,023,000 1952 B - Specimen - 1953 B - - 3,567,000 1953 B - Specimen - 1955 B - - 1,320,000 1955 B - Specimen - 1956 B - - 4,250,000 1956 B - Specimen - 1957 B - - 12,085,000 1957 B - Specimen - 1958 B - - 11,558,000 1958 B - Specimen - 1959 B - - 12,581,000 1959 B - Specimen - 1960 B - - 14,528,000 1960 B - Specimen - 1961 B - - 6,906,000 1961 B - Specimen - 1962 B - - 18,272,000 1962 B - Specimen - 1963 B - - 25,168,000 1963 B - Specimen - 1964 B - - 22,720,000 1964 B - Specimen - 1965 B - - 17,920,000 1965 B - Specimen - 1966 B - - 10,008,000 1966 B - Specimen - 1967 B - - 16,096,000 1967 B - Specimen - |
| Additional information |
Switzerland adopted this denomination as part of the Latin Monetary Union framework established in 1865, which bound France, Belgium, Italy, and Greece to a common silver standard. The Swiss were founding members, and the half franc's specifications were set by treaty rather than by Bern alone. When the LMU effectively collapsed after World War I, Switzerland quietly continued striking to the same standard for decades out of sheer monetary inertia.
The .835 fineness was itself a compromise — a reduction from pure silver forced by rising bullion prices in the 1860s, applied across all LMU subsidiary coinage simultaneously in 1864.