Switzerland Bank Notes

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Switzerland

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10 Francs, 1979

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Front: Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician

Euler was born and educated in Basel, Switzerland. He showed an early talent for mathematics and languages. He worked as a professor of mathematics in St. Petersburg and later in Berlin. He is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.

Back: Water turbine and solar system

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Switzerland, located in central Europe north of Italy and south of Germany, is a Confederation whose constitutions of 1848 and 1874 established a union modeled upon that of the United States. For a more detailed country profile, see CIA World Factbook on Switzerland.

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