It is made in two versions: Rappen and Tarzan.

Switzerland: Zurich: 1843 4 rappen, the unique unsevered horizontal strip of five.

The 2 Rappen was also denominated as 1 Kreuzer.

In some cantons of Switzerland, bracteate-like rappen, heller, and angster were produced during the 18th century.

The smallest prize is five centimes ("rappen" for German-speaking parts of Switzerland).

Swiss francs are divided into 100 centimes (Rappen in German-speaking Switzerland).

Swiss franc (by Italian speakers only, see Rappen)

The smaller denomination, a hundredth of a franc, is a Rappen (Rp.)

With decimalization reform in the 19th century, the batzen was divided into 10 rappen, with 10 batzen worth 1 franc.

Swiss franc - divided into 100 rappen (known as centime in French and centesimo in Italian)

It was subdivided into 100 Rappen, with the Schilling worth 3 Rappen.

Today, one-hundredth of a Swiss franc is still officially called a Rappen in German and Swiss German.

Billon coins were issued in denominations of 1 Rappen, and 1 Batzen, with silver coins for 2 and 4 Batzen.

A new Swiss Franc based on the Berne thaler was introduced, in which 10 rappen made 1 batzen, ten of which in turn formed one franc.

A number of values were printed between 1854 and 1862, ranging from 5 rappen to 1 franc, and philatelists distinguish them further by type of paper and color of thread.

This was valued at 21/2 rappen and inscribed STADT POST BASEL.

Rappen) originally was a variant of the medieval Pfennig ("penny") common to the Alemannic German regions Alsace, Sundgau and Northern Switzerland.

Ticket prices ranged from 10 rappen at the time of the opening (the Federal Council had to forbid charging non-locals twice that much) to 30 rappen in 1973.

The name "Rappenkrieg" comes from the local word, Rappen, then as now the term for a low value coin: "Rappenkrieg" can be loosely translated as the "Pence/Cents War".

After the dissolution of the Rappenbund in 1584, a number of Swiss states continued to mint rappen within their territories, where they remained in local use until the middle of the 19th century.

In 2009, an appeal with the slogan Jeder Rappen zählt ("every rappen counts") was held for the first time in Bern, aimed at German-speaking Switzerland.

In the late 18th century, copper coins were issued for 1 Angster and 1 Rappen, together with billon 1 Rappen and 1 Groschen.

A standard letter from Büsingen to Switzerland needs either a Swiss stamp worth 85 Rappen or a German one worth 58 Eurocents (approximately 71 Rappen).

When the Swiss franc was introduced in 1850 as a common currency for all Swiss cantons, the batzen denomination was no longer officially used, but remained a colloquial term for the 10 rappen coin.

This was the first issue to deal with the multiple languages of Switzerland; in addition to the word "FRANCO" at the top, the other three sides listed the denomination in rappen, centimes, and (Italian) centesimi.