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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 | 1994 |
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| Size | 137 x 70 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA Zwanzig Franken Vingt Francs Venti Franchi 20 Le président du Conseil Un membre de la Direction générale |
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| Protection description | Arthur Honegger's portrait visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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Switzerland's sixth banknote series, of which this is a part, was developed over roughly two decades before entering circulation in the 1990s — an unusually protracted production schedule driven by the SNB's exceptionally demanding security specifications. Zintzmeyer, a Basel-trained graphic artist, designed the complete series with a consistent visual language across all denominations, an approach that was itself a departure from the piecemeal commissioning practices of earlier Swiss series.
Orell Füssli in Zürich has printed Swiss banknotes for well over a century, making it one of the few national printers with an unbroken relationship with a single central bank at that scale.