100 Francs 2nd series, type 3

€204,730.00
IssuerSwitzerland (1848-date)
Year1924-1949
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value100 Francs (100 CHF)
CurrencyFranc (1850-date)
CompositionPaper
Size181 × 125 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterWaterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
No. printed
Designer(s)Ferdinand Hodler
Engraver(s)Drummond
In circulation to10 January 1978
Reference(s) P#35
Obverse descriptionVignette composed of rosettes and ornaments. On the left below, medallion portrait of Bertha Hodler, the wife of the artist.
Reverse descriptionFrame composed of rosettes and ornaments with the value `100` repeated four times in medallion in the corners. In the center, `Der Mäher` (The Reaper) of the painter Ferdinand Hodler, representing a farmer mowing a field of flowers in the mountains.
Signature(s)Paul Emil Usteri, Gottlieb Bachmann, K. Bornhauser, Charles Schnyder von Wartensee, August Burckhardt, Gottlieb Bachmann, Ernst Weber, Alfred Sarasin-Iselin, Gustav Schaller, Erich Blumer, Paul Rossy, Gottlieb Bachmann, Fritz Schnorf, Ernst Weber, Paul R
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Protection description
Obverse lettering100 100 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE GESETZBUNG ÜBER DIE SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK 100 HUNDERT FRANKEN CENTS FRANCS CENTO FRANCHI BERN UND ZÜRICH DEN 16.OKT. 1947. DER PRÄSIDENT DES BANKRATES: DER HAUPTKASSIER: EIN MITGLIED DES DIREKTORIUMS: 100 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
Reverse lettering100 100 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE 100 100 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
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Catalog ID9080689690
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