The franc was the currency of the

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Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...

between 1798 and 1850. It was subdivided into 10 ''batz'', each of 10 ''rappes''. The usual price unit was the Batz. It was worth th the French silver écu or 6.67 g fine silver.

History

The

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was the currency of the

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from 1798. The Helvetian Republic ceased issuing coins in 1803. Vaud issued coins between 1804 and 1834. In 1850, the

Swiss franc The Swiss franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is also legal tender in the Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia which is surrounded by Swiss territory. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) issues banknotes and the ...

was introduced, with an exchange rate of 1 Vaud franc = 1.4597

Coins

Billon coins were issued in denominations of 1 and rappes, and 1 batz, with silver coins for 5, 10, 20 and 40 batz and 1 franc.

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Modern obsolete currencies Currencies of Switzerland Canton of Vaud 1804 establishments in Switzerland 1850 disestablishments in Switzerland {{Money-unit-stub