50 Francs 1st series

€218,041.00
IssuerSwitzerland (1848-date)
Year1907
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value50 Francs (50 CHF)
CurrencyFranc (1850-date)
CompositionPaper
Size166 × 103 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
No. printed
Designer(s)Designers: Albert Walch, Josef von Storck
Engraver(s)
In circulation to1 July 1945
Reference(s) P#1
Obverse descriptionGreen print. Yellow-orange underprint. Red serial numbers and overprint. On the left, standing Helvetia, the allegory of Switzerland, facing right, wearing diadem with `HELVETIA`, holding sword in right hand and leaning against a shield with the coat of arms of Switzerland. To the lower right a putto, holding a rectangular frame with the value. To the upper right, a red rosette with the Swiss cross. Bound oval laurel wreath around inscription.
Reverse descriptionGreen print. Yellow-orange underprint. Two heads of god Mercury in round medallions, wearing winged petasos, facing each other.
Signature(s)Johann-Daniel Hirter, Heinrich Kundert, A. Chevallier, Rodolphe de Haller, August Burckhardt,
Protection typeWatermark
Protection description`50`
Obverse lettering50 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE • BANCA NATIONALE SVIZZERA (GESETZ VOM 6. OKTOBER 1905) FÜNFZIG FRANKEN CINQUANTE FRANCS • CINQUANTA FRANCHI 50 BERN & ZÜRICH, 1.FEBRUAR 1907 DER PRÄSIDENT DES BANKRATES: DER HAUPTKASSIER: EIN MITGLIED DES DIREKTORIUMS: 50 BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO LONDRES.
Reverse lettering50 50 CINQUANTE FRANCS FÜNFZIG FRANKEN CINQUANTA FRANCHI 50 50
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Catalog ID2599218820
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