50 Francs 2nd series, type 1

Issuer Switzerland (1848-date)
Year 1910-1920
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 50 Francs (50 CHF)
Currency Franc (1850-date)
Composition Paper
Size 165 × 106 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
Designer(s) Ferdinand Hodler
Engraver(s) Drummond
In circulation to 1 October 1978
Reference(s) P#5
Obverse description Black and green print; yellow and green underprint. Bust of Jeanne Charles Cerani Cišic in oval medallion to the left.
Obverse lettering 50 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 description Green 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.
Reverse lettering 50 50 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE 50 50 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
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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Numisquare ID 1119852910
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