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20 Francs 7th series, reserve banknote
| Uitgever | Swiss National Bank |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1984-1985 |
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| Graveur(s) | Pierre Schopfer |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Blue on multicolor underprint. Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure at right in intaglio, with a quartz crystal vignette at center. Multilingual inscriptions identify the issuing authority and denomination in French, Italian, German, and Romansh. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Blue and green multicolor design centered on a large intaglio vignette of a hair hygrometer, an instrument associated with de Saussure's scientific work, set against a guilloche background of Alpine mountain scenery. A secondary vignette at right depicts a mountain expedition team, with the large numeral '20' rendered in bicolor intaglio at center, and multilingual denomination inscriptions along the vertical margins. |
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The 7th series was designed in the 1970s but held entirely in reserve — never released into general circulation. The Swiss National Bank maintained it as a contingency against catastrophic disruption to the main supply, a policy unique among central banks of that period. The Pfunds' design work on this series was completed well before the notes were actually printed, meaning the aesthetic belongs firmly to an earlier decade than the production date suggests.
Pierre Schopfer's engraving is the finest technical element here. Orell Füssli has handled Swiss federal printing since the nineteenth century, but the reserve series represents some of the most deliberately unexamined work in their output — produced in quantity, warehoused, and ultimately demonetized without most of it ever crossing a counter.