1000 Francs 2nd series, type 3

€204,686.00
IssuerSwitzerland (1848-date)
Year1927-1955
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#37
Obverse descriptionVignette composed of rosettes and ornaments. On the left below, medallion portrait of a young woman painted by Eugène Burnand.
Reverse descriptionFrame composed of rosettes and ornaments with the value `1000` repeated four times in medallion in the corners. In the center, a composition by painter Eugène Burnand representing metalworkers pouring molten metal into a foundry crucible.
Signature(s)Alfred Sarasin-Iselin, Gottlieb Bachmann, K. Bornhauser, Charles Schnyder von Wartensee, Ernst Weber, Gottlieb Bachmann, Fritz Schnorf, Erich Blumer, Paul Rossy, Ernst Weber, Paul Rossy, Alfred Hirs, Alfred Müller, Paul Keller, Walter Schweigler, Otto K
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Obverse lettering1000 1000 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE GESETZBUNG ÜBER DIE SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK 1000 TAUSEND FRANKEN MILLE FRANCS MILLE FRANCHI BERN UND ZÜRICH DEN 16 OKT. 1947. DER PRÄSIDENT DES BANKRATES: DER HAUPTKASSIER: EIN MITGLIED DES DIREKTORIUMS: 1000 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
Reverse lettering1000 1000 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE 1000 1000 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
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Catalog ID7366414040
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