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Legal basis

Important legal provisions at a glance

Regalian right to mint coins and coin regime

Money and currency are a federal matter. The Confederation shall have the exclusive right to coin money and to issue bank notes.

Statutory regulations

The most important statutory regulations in detail

Dispatches and consultations

The most important messages and consultations at a glance

Counterfeit money

Are counterfeit coins still an issue today? Is it even worthwhile, let alone lucrative, attempting to counterfeit coins? Despite the fact that producing counterfeit coins is a far more complicated and costly procedure than forging paper money, counterfeit coins still turn up in circulation to this day.

Manufacture and importation of coin-like objects

With the entry into force of the Federal Act of 22 December 1999 on Currency and Payment Instruments (CPIA; SR 941.10) on 1 May 2000, the authorisation requirement relating to the manufacture or importation of coin-like objects was lifted; an authorisation as provided for in Article 8 paragraph 1 of the Federal Act of 18 December 1970 on Coinage is no longer required. Accordingly, the (preliminary) examination is no longer carried out by the FFA, as was the case under the old law.

Management Systems

The SQS herewith attests that the organisation named below has a management system that meets the requirements of the normative basis mentioned.