Catalog
10 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Populaire de La Broye |
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| Year | 1865-1870 |
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| Value | 10 Francs |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is largely plain paper, heavily aged and worn, with no printed vignette or decorative element. A manuscript inscription along the left margin reads "Mis en circulation le" followed by a handwritten date, indicating the note's date of issue into circulation. The surface shows deep fold lines and significant overall wear consistent with extended circulation use. |
| Reverse lettering | Mis en circulation le |
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The Banque Populaire de La Broye was one of several short-lived cantonal note-issuing banks that proliferated in the Fribourg and Vaud region during the 1860s, operating in a legal window before Switzerland's move toward federal monetary consolidation. These regional institutions were granted circulation rights largely to serve local agricultural credit needs, and their notes rarely traveled far from the issuing district.
Swiss federal banking reform in 1881 — and the eventual creation of the Swiss National Bank in 1907 — rendered all such cantonal paper obsolete. Surviving examples from La Broye are uncommon; provincial redemption drives were thorough, and rural circulation meant heavy use before retirement.