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100 Francs Neuchâtel Commercial Bank
| Issuer | Banque Commerciale Neuchâteloise |
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| Year | 1883-1906 |
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| Currency | Franc (1855-1906) |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue intaglio-printed note with a central guilloche underprint panel carrying the bank name, denomination in large letterpress text, and the date NEUCHÂTEL 1er Février 1906, flanked by three handwritten signatures across the lower portion. To the left stands a full-length classical female allegorical figure with attributes of commerce or industry, engraved in fine detail; to the right a seated putto rests against a decorative cartouche bearing the numeral 100. The elaborate border consists of a continuous guilloche band with repeated multilingual denomination inscriptions, and the printer's imprint BRADBURY WILKINSON & Co LONDRES appears at the lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 100 CENTS FRANCS HUNDERT FRANKEN CENTO FRANCHI 100 100 |
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The Banque Commerciale Neuchâteloise was one of several cantonal private note-issuing banks operating under the Swiss federal system before the 1907 establishment of the Schweizerische Nationalbank, which absorbed or terminated most private emission rights. This note falls squarely in that transitional window — the bank would have ceased issuing shortly before or immediately following the SNB's founding, making the later dates in this series particularly short-lived in circulation.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement here is worth noting. The London firm held engraving contracts with dozens of smaller European banks precisely because Swiss domestic print capacity for high-security currency was limited. The Neuchâtelois had no particular advantage in producing their own notes locally, so outsourcing to Bradbury Wilkinson was a practical rather than a prestige decision.