Catalog
1000 Francs 7th series, reserve banknote
| Issuer | Swiss National Bank |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 Melli Francs Schweizerische Nationalbank 1000 Banca Naziunala Svizra 1000 1000 R+E Pfund ©️ Banque Nationale Suisse Orell Füssli Arts Graphiques SA Zurich 1000 Tausend Franken |
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| Protection description | Louis Agassiz's portrait; embedded security thread |
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The seventh series was designed in the early 1970s but held entirely in reserve — never released to the public — serving as an emergency replacement in the event the sixth series was compromised or had to be withdrawn. The SNB maintained this practice of a parallel reserve series for decades, a contingency measure largely invisible to Swiss citizens and, consequently, to most collectors until these notes began appearing at auction.
Pierre Schopfer's intaglio engraving gives the printing a tactile depth unusual even by Swiss standards. The Pfunds' design work here is more restrained than their later commissions.