T he Gold Swiss franc is a popular coin that is typically seen in the 20 Franc denomination, yet the coins were also struck in rarer 10 and 100 Franc sizes. All Gold Swiss Francs are .900 fine and comprised of 90% Gold and 10% copper. The Gold 20 Francs weigh 6.45g with 5.806g of fine Gold

Helvetia is the female personification of Switzerland which parallels with Great Britain’s Britannia. Swiss Gold 20 Franc coins are seen in two different types, the most common being the Vreneli, or Helvetia, and the second features the Libertas design. Each 20 Franc type is struck to the same specifications however the Libertas carries a slight premium over the Helvetia because it is a much rarer coin

Notwithstanding its popular design, the Helvetia Gold 20 franc is regarded as a bullion coin which means that it trades at a very low premium above its Gold content value. This is because of the very high mintage of these coins. Most of which (20,000,000) are considered restrikes which were minted just after the second world war. These restrikes all bear the year ‘1935’ to show that they still matched the original coin specifications in terms of purity and size