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50 Francs 2nd series, type 1
| Issuer | Swiss National Bank |
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| Year | 1910-1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| 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 intaglio print over yellow guilloche underprint. The central vignette reproduces Ferdinand Hodler's 1910 painting "Lumberjack", in which a woodcutter faces left with an axe raised above his head in the act of felling a fir tree. A decorative frame with rosettes and ornamental scrollwork borders the design, with the denomination numeral "50" repeated in each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 50 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE 50 50 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON |
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