Evidence coverage: 1767–1852. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Official archive explicitly identifies old francs in Zurich accounts as Helvetic francs. Regional contract scope is an observation, not a separate unit. Preserve all aliases and 1851 conversion observations. The Helvetic monetary law of 19 March 1799 carried forward the previous Bernese franc as the Swiss franc, with decimal subdivisions of ten batzen and one hundred rappen. This supports continuity of the account unit across the territorial and subdivision change, rather than a separate currency identity.
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
These stages belong to this profile, not separate branches.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Keep Helvetic franc including its post-1803 old-franc contract usage; collapse redundant Zurich old-franc node, not federal Swiss franc.
Sources and qualifications →Zurich 1803 records also reckon in old/Helvetic francs.
Sources and qualifications →Official archive explicitly identifies old francs in Zurich accounts as Helvetic francs. Regional contract scope is an observation, not a separate unit. Preserve all aliases and 1851 conversion observations.
Sources and qualifications →Keep Helvetic franc including its post-1803 old-franc contract usage; collapse redundant Zurich old-franc node, not federal Swiss franc.
Sources and qualifications →Schüepp reproduces a 1767 arithmetic book that distinguishes francs or livres used in Bernese commerce from local pounds and crowns. The ten-batzen franc was an account denomination before its first coinage in 1757; neither coinage nor the surviving 1767 witness establishes the unit’s origin.
Sources and qualifications →The Helvetic monetary law of 19 March 1799 carried forward the previous Bernese franc as the Swiss franc, with decimal subdivisions of ten batzen and one hundred rappen. This supports continuity of the account unit across the territorial and subdivision change, rather than a separate currency identity.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Schüepp reproduces a 1767 arithmetic book that distinguishes francs or livres used in Bernese commerce from local pounds and crowns. The ten-batzen franc was an account denomination before its first coinage in 1757; neither coinage nor the surviving 1767 witness establishes the unit’s origin.
C2105The Helvetic monetary law of 19 March 1799 carried forward the previous Bernese franc as the Swiss franc, with decimal subdivisions of ten batzen and one hundred rappen. This supports continuity of the account unit across the territorial and subdivision change, rather than a separate currency identity.
C2106Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
The Helvetic franc uses a French-inspired decimal scheme on a Bernese monetary basis. Different silver standard; no 1:1 French-franc identity.
C778Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The Helvetic franc uses a French-inspired decimal scheme on a Bernese monetary basis. Different silver standard; no 1:1 French-franc identity.
Helvetic Republic and federal monetary reform sections
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
The Helvetic experiment precedes federal unification. Cantonal fragmentation intervenes; not an uninterrupted national currency.
Helvetic Republic and federal monetary reform sections
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
Keep Helvetic franc including its post-1803 old-franc contract usage; collapse redundant Zurich old-franc node, not federal Swiss franc.
Appendix 2, printed p.168 (PDF p.167 zero-based)
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Section 3 converted old Swiss-franc contracts at sixteen old francs to ten Zurich gulden, then to federal francs. The legislative act dates from 28 January 1851; implementation is scoped to the 1851–1852 federal reform.
StAZH OS8 pp228–231, §§1–5
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full 3-page archival transcription inspected
Zurich 1803 records also reckon in old/Helvetic francs.
p168, Anhang2 Währungen
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Official archive explicitly identifies old francs in Zurich accounts as Helvetic francs. Regional contract scope is an observation, not a separate unit. Preserve all aliases and 1851 conversion observations.
Appendix 2, printed p.168 (PDF p.167 zero-based)
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Keep Helvetic franc including its post-1803 old-franc contract usage; collapse redundant Zurich old-franc node, not federal Swiss franc.
Appendix 2, printed p.168 (PDF p.167 zero-based)
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Schüepp reproduces a 1767 arithmetic book that distinguishes francs or livres used in Bernese commerce from local pounds and crowns. The ten-batzen franc was an account denomination before its first coinage in 1757; neither coinage nor the surviving 1767 witness establishes the unit’s origin.
Printed pp. 2–5 (Bern); pp. 49–50 (1799 accounting reform and parliamentary explanation)
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Read pp. 2–5 and 49–50 OCR; visually inspected p. 5.
The Helvetic monetary law of 19 March 1799 carried forward the previous Bernese franc as the Swiss franc, with decimal subdivisions of ten batzen and one hundred rappen. This supports continuity of the account unit across the territorial and subdivision change, rather than a separate currency identity.
Chapter VI, printed pp. 142–143; especially p. 143 first paragraph, citing Strickler II p. 312 and III p. 1381; Printed pp. 2–5 (Bern); pp. 49–50 (1799 accounting reform and parliamentary explanation)
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Read chapter OCR and visually inspected printed p. 143.
Chapter VI, printed pp. 142–143; especially p. 143 first paragraph, citing Strickler II p. 312 and III p. 1381; Printed pp. 2–5 (Bern); pp. 49–50 (1799 accounting reform and parliamentary explanation)
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Read pp. 2–5 and 49–50 OCR; visually inspected p. 5.