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5 Francs - Federal Treasury German text
| Issuer | Swiss Federal Treasury (Eidgenössische Staatskasse) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 5 Francs (5 CHF) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on uncoloured paper, the obverse carries a vignette of Libertas at left and a vignette of Arnold Winkelried at right, with the Swiss federal arms at top centre. The German-language treasury text — promising payment to the bearer of five francs in legal tender — is dated 10 August 1914, with the issuer designation EIDG STAATSKASSE below the central inscription. Numeral 5 counters appear at the lower corners, and the overall layout reflects a restrained, formal engraved style consistent with emergency wartime issue. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue on a brown guilloche underprint, the reverse centres on a large ornate oval guilloche medallion bearing the trilingual denomination inscriptions in bold serif lettering: CINQ FRANCS above, FÜNF FRANKEN across the centre, and CINQUE FRANCHI below. Numeral 5 counters at left and right are set within intricate lathe-work rosettes, and a repeating border legend in all three Swiss national languages encircles the entire note. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 CINQ FRANCS FÜNF FRANKEN CINQUE FRANCHI 5 |
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