| Obverse description |
Dark blue intaglio on a tan guilloche underprint, with a central rectangular text panel carrying the bank name, bearer clause, denomination HUNDERT FRANKEN, an issued date, and three manuscript signature lines for the Direktor, Vertreter des Regierungsrates, and Kassier. A full-length allegorical female figure in classical robes, bearing a shield charged with the Swiss cross, stands to the left of the text panel, while a putto vignette occupies the lower right; the numeral 100 repeats in ornamental cartouches at top centre and lower right. The entire composition is enclosed within a dense floral guilloche border. |
| Obverse lettering |
100 DIE APPENZELL-AUSSERRHODISCHE KANTONALBANK zahlt dem Überbringer, bei Sicht, HUNDERT FRANKEN 100 In gesetzlicher Barschaft. HERISAU 1. Dezember 1898. DER DIREKTOR: DER VERTRETER DES REGIERUNGSRATES: DER KASSIER: 100 |
| Reverse description |
Printed in dark blue on a tan guilloche ground, the reverse is arranged symmetrically about a central text panel bearing the trilingual denomination inscriptions CENT FRANCS, HUNDERT FRANKEN, and CENTO FRANCHI in bold letterpress. Two identical oval portrait medallions, each with a classical female head in profile facing left and surrounded by intricate lathe-work rosettes, flank the central panel. The numeral 100 appears in four corner cartouches and recurs throughout the enclosing guilloche border. |
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