The Twenty Francs coin is a denomination of the Swiss Franc. Given that Switzerland has four official languages, the Franc has three different names: Franken in German, franc in French and Romansh, and franco in Italian.
In regular circulation, the denomination is served by a banknote. These coins are non-circulating legal tender made for collectors. They are issued in topical series, celebrating various aspects of Swiss heritage or nature.
The edge is usually inscribed with the motto DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT (The Lord will provide - a quote from the Bible, Genesis 22, 8), and thirteen stars representing the original thirteen cantons of the Swiss Federation.
This coin commemorates the 100th Anniversary of FIFA (abbreviated from the French name Fédération Internationale de Football Association; English: International Federation of Association Football; Spanish: Federación Internacional de Fútbol Asociación; German: Internationaler Verband des Association-Fußball) - the non-profit organisation that describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. It is the highest governing body of association football.
FIFA was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership comprises 211 national associations as of 2022. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania and South America. |
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The obverse of the coin depicts, off-centre, a football and a net.
On the left, the value and denomination 20 FR (twenty francs), below which the B mint mark of Swissmint (ex Bern Mint).
Below the net, on two lines the legendCONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA (from Latin: Swiss Federation), below which the date 2004. |
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Within a Swiss Cross, the reverse depicts three edelweiss flowers at centre, with high mountains on the left and on the right.
Around above, the inscription FIFA CENTENNIAL; below the flowers, 100, with the two zeroes depicted as footballs; around below, WORLD FOOTBALL. |
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