The Confederation shall mint and issue regular issue coins in order to meet demand for payment transactions.
The Federal Council shall decide which regular issue coins are to be minted, put into circulation or withdrawn from circulation.
The Federal Council shall decide on the design and the features of regular issue coins. It shall determine the denominations in agreement with the Swiss National Bank.
The Federal Council shall regulate in an ordinance the exchange of coins by public cash offices of the Confederation and the elimination of damaged, worn and counterfeit coins.1
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Amended by No I of the FA of 21 June 2019 (Time Limit for Exchanging Banknotes), in force since 1 Jan. 2020 (AS 2019 3769;BBl 2018 1097). ↩
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