1000 Francs 2nd series, type 2

€219,504.00
IssuerSwitzerland (1848-date)
Year1923
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value1000 Francs (1000 CHF)
CurrencyFranc (1850-date)
CompositionPaper
Size216 × 131 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterWaterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
No. printed
Designer(s)Eugène Burnand
Engraver(s)Drummond
In circulation to1 October 1978
Reference(s) P#30
Obverse descriptionBlack and purple print; yellow and green underprint. Bust of young woman facing right in oval medallion to the left. Behind inscription, value, Swiss cross, two torches, and two cornucopias.
Reverse descriptionDark brown-purple print; yellow underprint. Reproduction of drawing by Eugène Burnand representing the Sulzer brothers` factory in Winthertur, depicting seven workers in the foreground in a foundry.
Signature(s)Johann-Daniel Hirter, August Burckhardt, K. Bornhauser, Gottlieb Bachmann, Charles Schnyder von Wartensee,
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Obverse lettering1000 1000 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE GESETZ VOM 7.APRIL.1921 1000 TAUSEND FRANKEN MILLE FRANCS MILLE FRANCHI BERN UND ZÜRICH DEN 1.JANUAR 1923. DER PRÄSIDENT DES BANKRATES: DER HAUPTKASSIER: EIN MITGLIED DES DIREKTORIUMS: 1000 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
Reverse lettering1000 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE EUG. BURNAND. inv. WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
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Catalog ID2475604960
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