Information about Symbol: Libertas by Karl Schwenzer

Libertas by Karl Schwenzer
Switzerland / Five Centimes (Rappen) 2005

Libertas (Latin for Liberty) is the Roman goddess and embodiment of liberty.

This rendering by Karl Schwenzer was created in 1879 for the redesign of the 5, 10 and 20 centimes (Rappen) Swiss coins which had a Coat of Arms of Switzerland on their obverse before.

It depicts a female head looking right, with a ribbon in her hair, wearing a diadem with the text LIBERTAS on it.

Libertas by Karl Schwenzer - Example/s on coins
Switzerland / Five Centimes (Rappen) 2005

Libertas on a modern coin

Switzerland / Five Centimes (Rappen) 2005

As seen on this modern AlBr (Aluminium-Bronze) coin, the symbol is still in use today, more than a century after it was created.

Libertas by Karl Schwenzer - showing 100 of 383 coins (Page 2 of 4)
NameMintageLegend
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1924 1,100,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1924
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1924 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1924
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1925 3,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1925
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1925 3,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1925
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1925 1,500,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1925
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1926 3,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1926
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1926 1,500,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1926
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1926 3,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1926
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1927 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1927
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1927 500,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1927
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1927 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1927
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1928 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1928
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1928 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1928
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1929 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1929
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1929 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1929
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1929 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1929
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1930 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1930
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1930 3,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1930
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1930 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1930
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1931 2,250,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1931
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1931 5,037,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1931
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1931 2,244,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1931
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1932 3,500,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1932
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1932 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1932
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1932 6,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1932
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1933 1,500,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1933
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1933 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1933
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1933 3,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1933
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1934 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1934
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1934 4,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1934
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1934 3,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1934
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1936 1,500,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1936
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1936 1,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1936
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1936 1,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1936
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1937 1,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1937
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1937 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1937
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1938 1,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1938
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1938 1,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1938
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1938 2,805,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1938
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1939 10,022,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1939
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1939 10,048,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1939
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1939 8,100,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1939
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1940 1,416,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1940
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1940 2,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1940
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1941 3,087,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1941
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1942 5,078,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1942
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1942 2,110,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1942
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1943 6,591,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1943
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1943 3,176,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1943
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1943 10,173,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1943
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1944 6,133,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1944
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1944 9,981,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1944
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1944 7,139,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1944
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1945 1,992,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1945
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1945 993,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1945
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1945 985,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1945
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1946 6,179,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1946
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1946 4,010,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1946
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1947 5,125,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1947
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1947 5,131,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1947
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1947 3,152,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1947
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1948 4,710,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1948
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1948 1,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1948
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1949 4,589,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1949
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1949 2,269,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1949
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1950 5,970,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1950
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1950 3,200,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1950
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1950 920,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1950
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1951 2,141,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1951
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1951 3,640,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1951
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1951 3,430,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1951
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1952 4,451,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1952
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1952 4,690,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1952
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1952 3,075,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1952
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1953 9,131,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1953
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1953 6,958,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1953
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1953 6,149,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1953
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1954 1,504,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1954
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1954 8,038,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1954
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1954 3,200,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1954
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1955 9,103,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1955
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1955 19,943,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1955
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1955 11,795,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1955
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1956 5,111,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1956
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1957 2,535,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1957
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1957 10,147,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1957
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1957 10,092,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1957
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1958 5,037,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1958
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1958 10,217,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1958
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1958 10,040,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1958
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1959 10,136,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1959
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1959 11,085,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1959
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1959 13,053,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1959
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1960 15,469,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1960
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1960 4,040,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1960
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1961 7,949,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1961
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1961 8,234,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1961
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1962 23,840,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1962
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1962 30,145,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1962
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1962 34,965,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1962
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Libertas by Karl Schwenzer: Details
Year1879
CountrySwitzerland
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