Value indication with the name of the bank in a guilloche, rectangular frame. In the lower section: the handwritten date of issue as well as the handwritten signatures of the main cashier and the bank director. The Ticino tax stamp is in the left half.
Reverse description
Value number in an ornate circular frame.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
20 20
BONO
FRANCHI VENTI
moneta legale
pagabili al portatore
DALLA CASSA DELLA BANCA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA
IN LUGANO
Lugano 1 Ottobre 1874
IL CASSIERE :
IL DIRETTORE :