| 单词 |
rappen |
| 释义 |
‖ rappen|ˈrapən|
Also (anglicized) rap(p).
[Ger., pl. as sing. f. rappe raven.]
In the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland: the Swiss centime.
1838Murray's Hand-bk. Travellers Switzerland p. viii, 1 batz contains 10 rappen, and = 1½d. (nearly) English. The Swiss coins most frequently met with are pieces of 5 batzen, or ½ a Swiss franc; 1 batz, ½ batz, and rappen. Ibid. p. ix, 1 French franc = (commonly) 7 batzen or exactly 6 batzen 8 rapps. 1864Baedeker's Switzerland ii. p. xix, The Swiss monetary system has since 1854 been assimilated to that of France. Coins of 5, 2, 1 and ½ fr. in silver; 20, 10 and 5 Rappen (centimes) in plated copper; 2 and 1 Rappen in copper. 1 fr. = 100 Rappen = ..9/3/4d. 1911Encycl. Brit. XIX. 907/2 Like Belgium, Switzerland had before her adhesion to the Latin Monetary Union adopted the French system, with the franc of 100 centimes or rappen as the unit of value. 1938Baedeker's Switzerland iii. p. xvii, The monetary unit is the Swiss franc (fr.) of 100 Centimes (c.) or Rappen (in the German-speaking cantons). 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 233/2 Rappen, small Swiss copper coin of late 18th and early 19th cent. with types of shield in wreath and value and date. 1962R. A. G. Carson Coins 326 In 1798 Switzerland was invaded by the revolutionary armies of France and a Helvetic republic was established and a new unified and decimal coinage was instituted with the franc as the unit, divided into 10 batzen, the batz divided in turn into 10 rappen. The system included pieces of 32 and 16 francs in gold; 40, 20, 10 and 5 batzen in silver and in billon the batz, its half and the rap. 1973Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 15/2 In Zurich..the dollar lost 1 rappen to 2·84½. |
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