Official commemorative coin 2016

Gottardo 2016

Design: Fredy Trümpi

Fredy Trümpi was born in Glarus in 1956 and grew up in Uster.

He has been living and working in Maur on the Greifensee

Lake not far from Zurich for over 30 years. After training to

be a graphic artist and gaining a wide range of professional

experience in advertising, he specialised increasingly in the

corporate design area between 1978 and 1987. He worked

for various international clients and commissions, initially as

project lead and later as company manager. In 1988, he set

up his own company, the communications and design agency

Trümpi & Partner AG, which is located in Binz and is still run

by its owner today. During his many years of entrepreneurial

activity, Fredy Trümpi was responsible for the image of many

groups, Swiss companies, organisations and institutions, which

included names such as Helvetia Insurance, Swiss Olympic, SIG

Group, Swiss Ski, Swissair, Sabena, Mettler Toledo and the

Swiss Petroleum Association. In addition to numerous packag-

ing projects, including for Johnson & Johnson, Mövenpick and

Migros, he designed annual reports, company brochures and

books as well as 14 postage stamps for Swiss Post.

The areas of design, communications, graphic design, brand-

ing, labelling and signage (orientation aids) as well as multi-

media design, photography and art are important components

of his diverse range of professional and secondary activities.

For further information: www.truempipartner.ch.

Characteristics

Effigy

Gottardo 2016

Artist

Fredy Trümpi, Binz

Technical data

Alloy: Silver 0.835

Weight: 20 g

Diameter: 33 mm

Legal face value

20 Swiss francs

Date of issue

28 January 2016

Mintage

Uncirculated coin: 30,000 pieces

Proof coin in presentation case:

5,000 pieces

Coined and issued by

Federal Mint Swissmint

CH-3003 Bern

Tel. +41 58 4 800 800

Fax +41 58 462 60 07

www.swissmint.ch

Gotthard Base Tunnel: a legend continued Throughout history, the Gotthard mountain range has played a spe-

cial role in the lives of people on both sides of the Alps. For centuries,

muleteers transported all sorts of goods over the Gotthard Pass on

their mules. Despite major risks, this was a very busy road as it was

the shortest connection over the Alps. The advent of the railway

and the building of the first Gotthard Tunnel brought about radical

change. The mountain pass was stripped of its previous importance

overnight by the capacity of the rail link which opened in 1882. The

road tunnel which opened in 1980 revolutionised the transalpine

traffic once more, this time to the detriment of the railway line.

This year, a new chapter is being written in the Gotthard's long

transport history. After a record-breaking construction period of just

17 years, the construction experts and engineers are set to complete

the 57 km Gotthard Base Tunnel on time. The official opening cer-

emony of the world's longest tunnel will be held at both tunnel por-

tals on 1 June 2016 and over 1,000 guests are invited. The Federal

Council in corpore will officially open the construction project of the

century in the presence of state guests from all over Europe. The fes-

tivities for the general public will then get under way on the weekend

of 4 and 5 June 2016. Once the new base tunnel is put into opera-

tion on 11 December 2016, rail passengers will benefit from a faster,

more enjoyable connection on the north-south axis. From 2016 on,

passenger trains will run on this line every half hour. 260 freight

trains will be able to pass through the tunnel every day instead of

the previous 180. Speeds of up to 200 km/h for passenger trains

and up to 100 km/h for freight trains are planned for commercial

operations in the base tunnel.

Text: FOT; for further information, see www.gottardo2016.ch and www.alptransit.ch.

Official commemorative coinsEach year, the Federal Mint Swissmint issues a small number of

commemorative coins featuring carefully selected subjects. The

coins in bimetal, silver and gold bear an official nominal value and

are available in various minting qualities – as collectors' pieces in

their own right or as an exquisite gift.

Photo: © AlpTransit Gotthard AG