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20 Francs Swiss Firefighters Association
| Issuer | Swiss Federal Mint (Swissmint) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts two firefighters in uniform ascending a ladder extended to an upper-story window of a building, in the act of rescuing a young girl. The scene is rendered in relief with fine detail evoking a rescue operation. The legend references the 150th anniversary of the Swiss Firefighters Association, with the founding year '1870' at left and the commemorative year '2020' at right. The bilingual inscriptions 'JAHRE / ANS / ANNI' denote the anniversary in German, French, and Italian respectively, while the acronyms 'SFV FSSP FSP' identify the association across Switzerland's national languages. |
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| Mintage | 2020 - - 20,000 2020 - Proof - 5,000 |
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Swissmint's annual commemorative franc series has long used silver at .835 fineness — the same alloy standard Switzerland applied to its circulating 5-franc pieces from 1931 onward, kept here more for continuity of tradition than metallurgical necessity. The Swiss Firefighters Association, founded in 1865, coordinates over 100,000 militia-based volunteer firefighters, a structure rooted in cantonal sovereignty that resisted federalization well into the twentieth century.