Catalog
50 Francs
| Issuer | Glarner Kantonalbank |
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| Year | 1897-1906 |
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| In circulation to | 1906 |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 DIE GLARNER KANTONALBANK zahlt dem Überbringer, bei Sicht, FÜNFZIG FRANKEN 50 in gesetzlicher Barschaft. GLARUS 1. OKTOBER 1901. DER DIREKTOR: DER BANKPRÄSIDENT: DER KASSIER: 50 |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche pattern composed of four large interlocking rosettes at each corner, each enclosing a small female portrait medallion. The three-language denomination inscription — CINQUANTE FRANCS, FÜNFZIG FRANKEN, and CINQUANTA FRANCHI — is set in bold letterpress across the centre, flanked by the numeral 50 repeated in each corner. |
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Glarner Kantonalbank was one of the smaller cantonal institutions, serving a mountainous canton with a modest industrial base dominated by textiles. Its private note-issuing rights predated the federal consolidation that eventually stripped cantonal banks of circulation privileges — the Swiss National Bank's founding in 1907 effectively ended this series, which accounts for the tight nine-year window of issue.
Joseph Storck was a Viennese professor of decorative arts, an unusual choice that points to design procurement through Austrian rather than Swiss commercial channels. Albert Walch's involvement on the obverse suggests a division of labor between compositional concept and execution that was common in high-end engraved work of the period.