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Chronicle of monetary events 1848–2010
Abbreviations
1848–1899
1900–1909
1910–1919
1920–1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2010
2011-2020
1910–1919
   
Date
Text
20.03.1910
SNB agency in Winterthur opened.
20.06.1910
SNB becomes the sole holder of the banknote-issuing privilege.
24.06.1911
Federal Act on the Swiss National Bank (National Bank Act) modified; the SNB is authorised to discount cheques and bonds; short-term liabilities no longer need to be covered. RO 27 744. Federal Council Message dated 1 April 1911. FF 1911 II 860.
16.09.1911
Issue of CHF 1,000 banknote showing a foundry on the reverse side and a CHF 100 banknote showing a mower on the reverse side.
22.12.1911
Issue of CHF 50 banknote showing a woodcutter on the reverse side.
24.09.1912
Issue of CHF 500 banknote showing embroiderers on the reverse side.
30.07.1914
Federal Council Decree on the issue of CHF 20 banknote and the statutory exchange rate for SNB banknotes. RO 30 333.
31.07.1914
Issue of CHF 20 banknote showing a woman’s head (Vreneli) on the front.
03.08.1914
Federal Decree on the issue of CHF 5 banknote. RO 30 349. Federal Council Message dated 2 August 1914. FF 1914 IV 1.
Issue of CHF 5 banknote with an image of William Tell.
14.08.1914
Federal Council Decree on the issue of federal cash office notes for CHF 5, CHF 10 and CHF 20. RO 30 387.
01.09.1914
Federal Council Decree on the issue of CHF 40 banknote. RO 30 424.
09.09.1914
Federal Council Decree on the Swiss federal loans office. RO 30 471.
25.11.1914
Swiss federal loans office CHF 25 note put into circulation.
13.03.1915
Federal Council Decree prohibiting premium hunting with Latin Monetary Union gold and silver coins. RO 31 73.
16.07.1915
Federal Council Decree prohibiting the export of gold. RO 31 261.
01.02.1918
Federal Council Decree prohibiting the melting down, alteration, processing or withdrawing from circulation of Swiss nickle, copper nickle, brass and copper coins. RO 34 179.
31.05.1918
Federal Council Decree prohibiting the export of Swiss banknotes as well as federal cash office and Swiss federal loans office bills. RO 34 583.
15.06.1918
Federal Council Decree on an addendum to art. 20 of the Federal Act of 6 October 1905 on the Swiss National Bank (inclusion of sight deposits abroad and claims arising out of the pledging of securities in banknote coverage). RO 34 632.
09.07.1918
Federal Council Decree extending the prohibition on premium hunting to all gold coins. RO 34 758.
Federal Council Decree extending to all gold coins the ban on melting down, altering or processing coins, or withdrawing them from circulation. RO 34 760.
27.09.1918
Issue of CHF 100 banknote showing William Tell on the front and the Jungfrau mountain on the reverse side.
25.07.1919
Repeal of Federal Council Decree of 9 July 1918 extending the ban on premium hunting to all gold coins. RO 35 627.
08.12.1919
Federal Council Decree prohibiting the melting down, altering, processing or withdrawing from circulation of silver coins. RO 35 987.
 
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