50 Francs

Issuer	Spar- & Leih-Cassa des Kantons Luzern
Year	1876-1878
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Currency	Franc (1857-1906)
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Obverse description	The centre of the note carries the bank name and value in monogram form within an elaborate typographic arrangement. To the left, a female head vignette is set above a panoramic city view, while to the right a portrait of William Tell appears above a corresponding urban vignette. The lower centre presents the celebrated Lion Monument of Lucerne flanked on either side by the serial number, with the denomination numeral 50 repeated at the outer corners.
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Reverse description	The reverse is laid out with the bank's name rendered in French across the centre, framed by large decorative value numerals at each corner. A winged head of Mercury occupies the central vignette, flanked by the bank name in monogram form, all set within a guilloche border pattern.
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