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2000 Francs - UBS Test note
| Issuer | Union de Banques Suisses (UBS) |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Franc (1850-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette with a portrait of Fred Bates (1883–1972) set against a background of watchmaking and technological motifs rendered in fine guilloche underprint. The denomination 2000 appears in bold numerals, with the issuer name Union de Banques Suisses inscribed in letterpress. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by intricate geometric guilloche patterns interwoven with stylized time zone maps and abstract graph tracings evoking international financial flows. A serial number panel and a French-language service motto appear within the structured intaglio-style layout. |
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UBS — then still Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft, a year before the 1998 merger that created the modern UBS entity — commissioned Orell Füssli to produce this test note as an internal security evaluation piece, not for any circulation or promotional purpose. Roger Pfund, the Geneva-based designer responsible for the Swiss National Bank's 1976–1995 banknote series, brought the same exacting graphic sensibility here that earned that series its reputation among security printers.
Test notes of this type were printed in controlled quantities to trial inks, substrates, or anti-counterfeiting features under real press conditions. They rarely left the building.