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100 Francs
| Issuer | Appenzell-Innerhodische Kantonalbank |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Currency | Franc (1880-1901) |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 DIE APPENZELL-INNERHODISCHE KANTONALBANK zahlt dem Uberbringer, bei Sicht, HUNDERT FRANKEN 100 In gesetzlicher Barschaft. APPENZELL 1. Oktober 1901. DER KASSIER : DER DIREKTOR : 100 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Appenzell Innerrhoden is the smallest Swiss canton by population, a half-canton that retained its Catholic identity after the 1597 split with Ausserrhoden. Its Kantonalbank was a modest institution serving an equally modest economy, which makes the choice of Bradbury Wilkinson — London's premier security printer, responsible for Bank of England work — a notable extravagance for a note that likely saw limited regional circulation.
Albert Walch and Josef von Storck were Viennese-trained engravers; their names appearing in the plate credits reflects borrowed artistic labor, common in Swiss cantonal banking where local design capacity was thin. The watermark is the sole security measure, typical of the period for lower-volume provincial issues.