The Federal Mint Swissmint wants to emphasize the importance of the Swiss watch industry. It will launch this Thursday, September 29 a new special currency called “Timemachine”, dedicated to this flagship sector of the Swiss economy.
A watch dial, gears and a globe are depicted on the obverse of the gold coin worth 25 francs. On the edge of the reverse appear clockwise the words “Confoederatio Helvetica”, the year 2022, the hallmark “B” and the value of the coin “25 FR”.
Switzerland is particularly highlighted on this coin to illustrate the importance of its watch industry and the distribution of its products in the world, Swissmint said on Monday. “WES 21”, the name of the Bienne artist Remo Lienhard who designed this coin, also appears on the coin.
This is the first Swissmint gold coin with a face value of 25 francs to be put into circulation.
