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100 Francs Neuchâtel Cantonal Bank
| Issuer | Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise |
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| Year | 1883-1906 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue and ochre intaglio-printed note with a central guilloche-framed panel bearing the bank title and denomination inscription over an intricate lathe-work underprint. To the left stands a classical female allegorical figure in robes, holding a fasces and resting against a shield, rendered in fine line engraving; to the lower right a seated putto vignette appears within an ornate cartouche. The denomination numeral "100" appears in three oval cartouches — upper centre, lower centre, and lower right — with the date "15 Mai 1898" and three manuscript signature lines for the Caissier, Président, and Directeur printed below the central text block. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 LA BANQUE CANTONALE NEUCHÂTELOISE payera à vue, au porteur, CENTS FRANCS 100 en espèces ayant cours légal. NEUCHÂTEL 15 Mai 1898. LE CAISSIER: LE PRÉSIDENT: LE DIRECTEUR: 100 BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LONDRES |
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The Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise was one of several cantonal institutions operating before the Swiss National Bank's founding in 1907 effectively ended the era of decentralized Swiss note issue. This 100 Francs note falls within the final decades of that pluralistic system, during which dozens of cantonal and private banks competed — and occasionally failed — as currency issuers. Neuchâtel's canton leaned on Bradbury Wilkinson for its security printing, a London firm that supplied notes to a remarkably wide range of smaller sovereign and sub-sovereign issuers across Europe during this period.
The series ran across more than two decades, which typically produces meaningful variation in serial numbering and signatory combinations worth examining closely.