The Frank was the currency of the Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 canton

Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...

 of Luzern between 1798 and 1850. It was subdivided into 10 Batzen, each of 10 Rappen or 20 Angster.

History

The Frank was the currency of the Helvetian Republic from 1798, replacing the Gulden

Luzern gulden

The Gulden was the currency of the Swiss canton of Luzern until 1798. It was subdivided into 40 Schilling, each of 3 Rappen or 6 Angster. Coins were also issued denominated in Kreuzer and Batzen. It was replaced by the Frank of the Helvetian Republic in 1798...

 in Luzern. The Helvetian Republic ceased issuing coins in 1803. Luzern issued coins between 1803 and 1846. In 1850, the Swiss franc

Swiss franc

The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

was introduced, with 1½ Swiss francs = 1 Luzern Frank.

Coins

Copper coins were issued in denominations of 1 Angster and 1 Rappen, together with billon ½ and 1 Batzen, silver 2½, 5 and 10 Batzen and 4 Franken and gold 10 and 20 Franken.