The Swiss franc - a success story

The book 'Der Schweizer Franken - eine Erfolgsgeschichte' (The Swiss franc - a success story) was commissioned by the Swiss National Bank. It is the first book to provide an overview of the history of Switzerland's currency in the 19th and 20th centuries. The author is the internationally renowned monetary policy expert and economist Ernst Baltensperger. The launch of the German first edition took place on 3 October 2012 in Zurich.

A French translation was published in 2015 and an Italian translation in 2018.

Information about the book

The book can be purchased online or in bookshops and can be borrowed from the SNB library and other libraries.

German edition

• Purchase online from NZZ Libro

  www.nzz-libro.ch

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• NZZ Libro flyer

  "Der Schweizer Franken - eine Erfolgsgeschichte"

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• Borrow from a library via swisscovery

  slsp-rzh.primo.exlibrisgroup.com

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French edition

• Purchase online from EPFL Press

  www.epflpress.org

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• PPUR flyer (now 'EPFL Press')

  Le franc suisse - l'histoire d'un succès

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• Borrow from a library via swisscovery

  slsp-rzh.primo.exlibrisgroup.com

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Italian edition

• Purchase online from Fontana Edizioni

  www.fontanaedizioni.ch

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• Borrow from a library via swisscovery

  slsp-rzh.primo.exlibrisgroup.com

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Documents

Speeches from 3 October 2012

• Address by Thomas Jordan

  The Swiss franc - a success story

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• Address by Hans-Peter Thür

  On the publication of the book Der Schweizer Franken - eine Erfolgsgeschichte

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• Address by Ernst Baltensperger

  Why we should be interested in the history of currencies

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Press release of 3 October 2012

• Press release

  The Swiss franc - a history of the Swiss currency

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Press release of 7 November 2018

• Press release

  Ernst Baltensperger's history of the Swiss franc to appear in Italian

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