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10 Francs 7th series, reserve banknote
| Issuer | Swiss National Bank |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Size | 137 × 66 mm |
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| Obverse description | Orange-brown and multicolour intaglio note with a right-facing portrait vignette of the mathematician Leonhard Euler at right, rendered in fine line engraving. The centre carries a large numeral '10' over a geometric guilloche underprint incorporating polyhedra, lattice patterns, and stylized mathematical motifs in pastel tones. The left margin panel bears the vertical inscription 'Zehn Franken' and the signature lines for the President of the Bank Council and a member of the Directorate. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The seventh series was commissioned in the late 1960s as a contingency reserve — printed, packaged, and vaulted without ever entering circulation. The SNB held it as a precautionary stock against catastrophic loss or destruction of the notes then in active use. This 10 Francs note remained sealed in federal storage for decades before the series was finally released to collectors following demonetization.
Pierre Schopfer's engraving work on this series is among the more technically accomplished of twentieth-century Swiss intaglio printing, and Orell Füssli's long relationship with the SNB ensured continuity of production standards across the entire reserve stock.