50 Francs 2nd series, type 1

€218,503.00
IssuerSwitzerland (1848-date)
Year1910-1920
TypeStandard banknote
Value50 Francs (50 CHF)
CurrencyFranc (1850-date)
CompositionPaper
Size165 × 106 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterWaterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
No. printed
Designer(s)Ferdinand Hodler
Engraver(s)Drummond
In circulation to1 October 1978
Reference(s) P#5
Obverse descriptionBlack and green print; yellow and green underprint. Bust of Jeanne Charles Cerani Cišic in oval medallion to the left.
Reverse descriptionGreen print; yellow underprint. Reproduction of “Lumberjack”, painted by Ferdinand Hodler in 1910, depicting lumberjack facing left, holding axe in raised arms, felling fir tree. Frame with rosettes and ornaments with the value `100` repeated four times in the corners.
Signature(s)Johann-Daniel Hirter, Heinrich Kundert, A. Chevallier, Rodolphe de Haller, August Burckhardt, K. Bornhauser, August Burckhardt, Adolf Jöhr, Gottlieb Bachmann, Charles Schnyder von Wartensee,
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Protection description
Obverse lettering50 50 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE GESETZ VOM 6. OKT. 1905. 50 FÜNFZIG FRANKEN CINQUANTE FRANCS. CINQUANTA FRANCHI. BERN UND ZÜRICH DEN 1.JANUAR 1917. DER PRÄSIDENT DES BANKRATES: DER HAUPTKASSIER: EIN MITGLIED DES DIREKTORIUMS: 50 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
Reverse lettering50 50 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE 50 50 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
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Catalog ID1119852910
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