50 Francs

Issuer Canton of Lucerne
Year 1876-1878
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 50 Francs
Currency Franc (1857-1906)
Composition Paper
Size 220 × 135 mm
Shape Rectangular (hand cut)
Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#S396
Obverse description In the middle, the name of the bank and value indication in monogram form. On the left, a woman`s head above the city view. On the right, head of William Tell above the city view. Below, in the middle, the lion monument, flanked by the serial number.
Obverse lettering 50 50 Die Spar- & Leih- Cassa DES KANTONS LUZERN zahlt dem Ueberbringer Fünfzig Franken Emission vom 31. October 1876. BUCHHALTER VERWALTER CASSIER
Reverse description Name of the bank in French, in the corners the decorative value numbers. In the middle: the winged Mercury head between the name of the bank in monogram form.
Reverse lettering 50 50 BANQUE LUCERNE 50 50
Signature(s)
Protection type Watermark
Protection description SPAR LEIHKASSEK.LUZERN
Variants
Numisquare ID 7840259430
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