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20 Franken / Francs / Franchi
| Issuer | Schweizerische Nationalbank / Banque Nationale Suisse / Banca Nazionale Svizzera / Banca Naziunala Svizra |
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| Year | 1978-1992 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA 20 Horace-Bénédict de Saussure 1740–1799 Vingt Francs Venti Franchi |
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| Reverse lettering | SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIUNALA SVIZRA 20 Zwanzig Franken Vingt Francs Der Präsident des Bankrates Ein Mitglied des Direktoriums © Banque Nationale Suisse / Orell Füssli Arts Graphiques S.A. Zürich |
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The seventh series of Swiss National Bank notes, to which this belongs, was designed by Ernst and Ursula Hiestand and took an unusually long time to reach circulation — the series was commissioned in the 1960s but not introduced until 1976. The 20-franc denomination entered circulation in 1978 and remained valid until the eighth series phased it out, with final demonetization coming in April 2000, cutting off exchange rights entirely — an unusual hard stop for a country that had historically allowed open-ended redemption.
Orell Füssli in Zurich has printed Swiss banknotes for well over a century, and the seventh series reflected that continuity through high-quality intaglio work.