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 3 of 4)
NameMintageLegend
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1963 9,020,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1963
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1963 29,730,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1963
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1964 17,080,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1964
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1964 14,370,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1964
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1964 16,340,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1964
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1965 1,430,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1965
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1965 14,190,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1965
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1965 15,005,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1965
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1966 10,785,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1966
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1966 4,025,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1966
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1966 10,010,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1966
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1967 10,000,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1967
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1967 8,995,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1967
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1967 13,010,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1967
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1968 10,020,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1968
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1968 10,540,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1968
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1968 14,065,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1968
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1969 32,990,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1969
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1969 28,855,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1969
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1969 39,875,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1969
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1970 40,020,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1970
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1970 45,605,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1970
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1970 34,800,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1970
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1971 25,160,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1971
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1971 40,020,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1971
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1972 7,877,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1972
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1973 30,350,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1973
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1974 30,007,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1974
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1974 30,025,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1974
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1974 30,002,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1974
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1975 34,005,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1975
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1975 50,060,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1975
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1975 25,002,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1975
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1976 19,012,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1976
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1976 23,150,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1976
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1976 12,005,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1976
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1977 10,007,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1977
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1977 14,012,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1977
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1977 14,012,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1977
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1978 16,415,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1978
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1978 19,957,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1978
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1978 14,815,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1978
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1979 18,378,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1979
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1979 27,010,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1979
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1979 18,010,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1979
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1980 15,510,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1980
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1980 18,015,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1980
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1980 24,570,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1980
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1981 30,150,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1981
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1981 22,030,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1981
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1981 79,030,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1981
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1982 75,350,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1982
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1982 25,045,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1982
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1982 50,120,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1982
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1983 40,044,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1983
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1983 10,037,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1983
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1983 92,757,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1983
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1984 22,036,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1984
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1984 69,974,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1984
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1984 22,069,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1984
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1985 40,039,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1985
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1985 3,044,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1985
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1985 60,044,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1985
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1986 10,299,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1986
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1986 55,041,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1986
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1986 2,324,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1986
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1987 39,828,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1987
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1987 10,028,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1987
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1987 5,028,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1987
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1988 5,029,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1988
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1988 25,029,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1988
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1988 55,044,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1988
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1989 45,031,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1989
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1989 20,031,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1989
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1989 41,031,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1989
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1990 6,534,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1990
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1990 40,032,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1990
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1990 45,031,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1990
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1991 35,046,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1991
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1991 48,076,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1991
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1991 35,036,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1991
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1992 35,028,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1992
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1992 12,628,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1992
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1992 18,028,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1992
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1993 32,523,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1993
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1993 38,023,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1993
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1993 27,023,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1993
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1994 20,023,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1994
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1994 35,023,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1994
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1994 18,023,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1994
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1995 20,024,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1995
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1995 8,024,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1995
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1995 5,024,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1995
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1996 18,023,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1996
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1996 4,023,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1996
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1996 25,023,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1996
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1997 25,023,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1997
Ten Centimes (Rappen) 1997 15,022,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1997
Twenty Centimes (Rappen) 1997 6,022,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1997
Five Centimes (Rappen) 1998 10,021,000 · CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA · 1998
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Year1879
CountrySwitzerland
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