Authorized by the law on January 6, 1896, the Swiss 20 Fr gold coin known as Vreneli was the legal tender in Switzerland. Vreneli is a variant of the Latin name "Verena" which means "True." This coin is also known as Helvetiakopf in German, Helvetia Head in English and Tête d'Helvetia in French.
Fritz Landry from Neuchatel, Switzerland, was the designer of this Swiss gold coin and his signature "F. Landry" appears in the obverse of the coin.
This coin was minted between 1897-1936, and later in 1947 and 1949. All the Swiss 20 Fr gold coins have the mint mark B for Bern, except for re-strikes of 1935 which have LB for Lingot-Bern. The Swiss 20 Fr gold coin weighs 6.45 grams from which 90% of the coin is gold.
The Swiss 20 Fr gold coin minted in 1926 is a key date having the lowest mintage, 50,000 coins and the 1935 LB has the highest mintage, 20,008,813.
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