Eric Häusler und Jürgen Häusler

Eric Häusler is a historian at ETH Zurich. Jürgen Häusler is Professor Emeritus of Communication at the University of Leipzig and was a long-standing member of the executive board of Zintzmeyer & Lux AG.

A little piece of Switzerland in your wallet

Eric Häusler und Jürgen Häusler 16.06.2026 Switzerland’s banknotes were given a makeover in the 1990s. The eighth series (1995–2016) not only met strict security requirements, it was also innovative in its design. A voyage of discovery through the archives and a look behind the scenes reveal how these banknotes were planned, designed and introduced to the public.

We hold banknotes in our hands every day without ever really looking at them: years of work went into developing the eighth series.