{"id":9458,"date":"2025-07-02T09:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/?post_type=magazin&p=9458"},"modified":"2025-07-02T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:34:09","slug":"how-the-new-100-years-100-franc-vreneli-came-to-be","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/magazine\/how-the-new-100-years-100-franc-vreneli-came-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"How the new \u201c100 years 100-franc Vreneli\u201d came to be"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How the new \u201c100 years 100-franc Vreneli\u201d came to be<\/h1>\n

Coin designer Chiara Principe designed the \u201c100 years 100-franc Vreneli\u201d special coin. She has set out for us the five steps involved in bringing this special coin to life.<\/h3>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]
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01 Design I<\/h2>

Hand sketches
\n<\/strong>\u201cFirst of all, I immerse myself as deeply as I can into the coin itself, its origins, its history and its beauty\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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02 Design II<\/h2>

Digital sketches
\n<\/strong>\u201cThe greatest challenge was to celebrate the history, the iconic significance and the emotional treasure in a new coin\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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03 Modelling I<\/h2>

Plasticine model*
\n<\/strong>\u201cNot the profile of a king or a ruler, like on other marengos, but a simple, young girl, with flowing hair and mountains behind her\u201d.<\/p>\n

* Plasticine is a putty-like play dough or modelling clay made of calcium salts, vaseline and acids.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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04 Modelling II<\/h2>

Plaster model
\n<\/strong>\u201cThe coin celebrating 100 years of the 100-franc Vreneli represents a nation that is firmly rooted in its historical and cultural values and does not shy away from looking beyond these values and into the future with its own identity\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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05 Modelling III<\/h2>

Digital model
\n<\/strong>\u201cAs a woman and an artist, the opportunity to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 100-franc Vreneli was hugely symbolic\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Interview with Chiara Principe and her work on \u201c100 years of the 100-franc Vreneli\u201d.<\/a><\/use><\/svg>Interview with Chiara Principe and her work on \u201c100 years of the 100-franc Vreneli\u201d.<\/span><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-9458","magazin","type-magazin","status-publish","hentry","thema-special-coins"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazin\/9458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazin"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazin\/9458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9640,"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazin\/9458\/revisions\/9640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-dev.sondermuenze.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}