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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. |
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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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The Appenzell-Ausserrhodische Kantonalbank was one of Switzerland's smaller cantonal issuers, and its notes from this period were produced under the decentralized regime that persisted until the Swiss National Bank absorbed cantonal note-issuing rights in 1910. Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement here is characteristic — the London firm handled a substantial portion of Swiss cantonal printing in the late nineteenth century, competing with continental houses for contracts that demanded high security engraving at competitive cost.
Albert Walch was a Swiss artist; Josef von Storck an Austrian designer and director of the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. An unusual pairing for a small Appenzell institution, and one that suggests the design commission passed through Bradbury Wilkinson's own network rather than originating locally.