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100 Francs
| Issuer | Aargauische Bank |
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| Year | 1883-1906 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents date, value, and issuer text within an ornamental frame enclosed by an oval wreath of grapevines with fruit. To the left stands a draped figure of Libertas, the Roman goddess of Liberty, wearing a diadem and holding a shield, facing right; to the right, a kneeling child supports a cartouche bearing the denomination. Value cartouches appear above and below the central frame, with engraved signatures of the Kassier and Direktor across the lower portion of the design. |
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| Protection description | Watermark showing the numeral 100 |
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The Aargauische Bank was one of dozens of Swiss cantonal and private banks that retained note-issuing rights well into the federal era — a messy overlap that persisted until the Swiss National Bank absorbed the privilege after 1907. This note was therefore printed and circulating right up to the end of that arrangement, with Bradbury Wilkinson producing the plates in London for a bank headquartered in Aarau.
Albert Walch was an Alsatian-born engraver who worked extensively on Swiss cantonal issues; Josef von Storck, an Austrian, brought a distinctly Viennese decorative sensibility to his plate work. An unusual pairing for a single note.