Swiss Lost Cash Racks Up $1.1 Billion Windfall for Government
Lost banknotes from the 1970s are set to give Switzerland a windfall.
A quarter of a century after the Swiss National Bank officially ended its sixth series of franc bills — legal tender from 1976 to 2000 — the value of notes that were never exchanged for newer ones will be distributed to cantons and the government. The total being transfered is 890.6 million francs ($1.1 billion), the central bank said on Friday.
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