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1000 Francs 2nd series, type 1
| Issuer | Schweizerische Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1910-1917 |
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| Printer | Waterlow & Sons Limited |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown and yellow-ochre tones, the obverse is framed by an elaborate guilloche border enclosing a classical female portrait in three-quarter view, rendered in fine intaglio line engraving within an oval vignette at left. The central field carries the trilingual bank title in bold letterpress above the large numeral '1000', with the denomination expressed in German, French, and Italian. Issuing authority, legal basis, and place and date of issue are set in smaller letterpress text in the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 1000 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE GESETZ VOM 6.OKT.1905 1000 TAUSEND FRANKEN MILLE FRANCS MILLE FRANCHI BERN UND ZÜRICH DEN 1.JANUAR 1917. DER PRÄSIDENT DES BANKRATES: DER HAUPTKASSIER: EIN MITGLIED DES DIREKTORIUMS: 1000 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON |
| Reverse description | Engraved in dark brown and olive tones, the reverse is centred on a large intaglio vignette of an industrial foundry scene with workers operating heavy machinery around a massive casting, executed in the fine line-engraving tradition associated with Waterlow & Sons. Ornate guilloche columns on each vertical panel carry the bank's trilingual name, while the denomination numeral '1000' appears in all four corners. The printer's imprint runs along the lower margin. |
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