Catalog
10 Gulden
| Issuer | Die Bank in St. Gallen |
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| Year | 1837 |
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| Size | 196 × 77 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 ZEHN X Serie _ Nᵒ. _ Draper, Toppan, Longacre & Co. Philᵃ. & NY Die Bank in Sᵗ. Gallen zahlt dem Ueberbringer gegen dieſe Anweiſung ZEHN GULDEN im Vier und Zwanzig Gulden Fuſs Sᵗ. Gallen den _ 18 _ 10 ZEHN Caſsʳ. Presᵗ. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is plain and unprinted, with no design or text applied. The example shown appears to be an unissued remainder, evidenced by cancellation punch holes. |
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Die Bank in St. Gallen was one of several cantonal private banks issuing notes in Switzerland during the 1830s, a period when federal banking regulation simply did not exist. That absence explains why a Swiss institution had its notes printed by an American security printer — Draper, Toppan, Longacre & Co. was among the most capable intaglio engravers working in the United States at the time, sought out internationally precisely because Swiss and German printers lacked comparable anti-counterfeiting technology.
Draper, Toppan, Longacre & Co. would later reorganize into the American Bank Note Company in 1858.