Catalog
100 Francs
| Issuer | Bank in Luzern |
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| Year | 1883-1905 |
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| Shape | Rectangular (hand cut) |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 DIE BANK IN LUZERN zahlt dem Uberbringer, bei Sicht, HUNDERT FRANKEN 100 In gesetzlicher Barschaft LUZERN 1. Juli 1883. DER PRÄSIDENT : DER KASSIER : DER DIREKTOR : 100 |
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The Bank in Luzern was one of Switzerland's many cantonal and private note-issuing institutions that operated before the Swiss National Bank's founding in 1907 effectively ended their right of issue. This note belongs to that closing chapter — the 1883–1905 dating spans the period during which pressure from federalist monetary reformers was steadily building toward the SNB's establishment, making new issues from private banks increasingly provisional in character.
P#S390 falls under the "S" prefix in Pick, denoting a privately issued rather than government-authorized national note. Survivors in any condition are genuinely uncommon; most private Swiss cantonal issues of this period were systematically redeemed and pulped once the SNB absorbed circulation rights.