in 1859, coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 3, 5, 10 and 20 cents. except for the bronze 1 cent, these coins were silver. in 1904, with the new currency system, gold coins were introduced in denominations of 4 daler (20 francs) and 10 daler (50 francs). these were followed in 1905 by denominations of , 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 40 cents. these coins also bore the denominations , 5, 10 and 50 bit, 1 and 2 francs. the , 1 and 2 cents were struck in bronze, the 5 cents in nickel and the other denominations in silver.