BANQUE POPULAIRE DE LA BROYE
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DIX FRANCS
Le Président du Conseil d'Administration
Le Caissier
Le Secrétaire Gérant
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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.
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.