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50 Francs 2nd series, type 2
| Issuer | Swiss National Bank |
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| Year | 1924-1955 |
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| Reference(s) | P#34 |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 50 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE GESETZGEBUNG ÜBER DIE SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK 50 FÜNFZIG FRANKEN CINQUANTE FRANCS. CINQUANTA FRANCHI. BERN UND ZÜRICH DEN 16.OKT.1947. DER PRÄSIDENT DES BANKRATES: DER HAUPTKASSIER: EIN MITGLIED DES DIREKTORIUMS: 50 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON |
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| Variants | P#34a(1) - 01.04.1924 signatures: Usteri / Bachmann / Bornhauser P#34a(2) - 01.04.1924 signatures: Usteri / Schnyder / Bornhauser P#34a(3) - 01.04.1924 signatures: Usteri / Burckhardt / Bornhauser P#34b(1) - 30.09.1926 signatures: Usteri / Bachmann / Bornhauser P#34b(2) - 30.09.1926 signatures: Usteri / Schnyder / Bornhauser P#34b(3) - 30.09.1926 signatures: Usteri / Weber / Bornhauser P#34c(1) - 23.11.1927 signatures: Sarasin / Bachmann / Bornhauser P#34c(2) - 23.11.1927 signatures: Sarasin / Schnyder / Bornhauser P#34c(3) - 23.11.1927 signatures: Sarasin / Weber / Bornhauser P#34d(1) - 25.09.1929 signatures: Sarasin / Bachmann / Bornhauser P#34d(2) - 25.09.1929 signatures: Sarasin / Schnyder / Bornhauser P#34d(3) - 25.09.1929 signatures: Sarasin / Weber / Bornhauser P#34e(1) - 16.09.1930 signatures: Sarasin / Bachmann / Bornhauser P#34e(2) - 16.09.1930 signatures: Sarasin / Schnyder / Bornhauser P#34e(3) - 16.09.1930 signatures: Sarasin / Weber / Bornhauser P#34f(1) - 21.07.1931 signatures: Sarasin / Bachmann / Bornhauser P#34f(2) - 21.07.1931 signatures: Sarasin / Schnyder / Bornhauser P#34f(3) - 21.07.1931 signatures: Sarasin / Weber / Bornhauser P#34g(1) - 27.08.1937 signatures: Schaller / Bachmann / Blumer P#34g(2) - 27.08.1937 signatures: Schaller / Rossy / Blumer P#34g(3) - 27.08.1937 signatures: Schaller / Weber / Blumer P#34h(1) - 31.08.1938 signatures: Schaller / Bachmann / Blumer P#34h(2) - 31.08.1938 signatures: Schaller / Rossy / Blumer P#34h(3) - 31.08.1938 signatures: Schaller / Weber / Blumer P#34i(1) - 17.03.1939 signatures: Bachmann / Schnorf / Blumer P#34i(2) - 17.03.1939 signatures: Bachmann / Rossy / Blumer P#34i(3) - 17.03.1939 signatures: Bachmann / Weber / Blumer P#34j(1) - 03.08.1939 signatures: Bachmann / Schnorf / Blumer P#34j(2) - 03.08.1939 signatures: Bachmann / Rossy / Blumer P#34j(3) - 03.08.1939 signatures: Bachmann / Weber / Blumer P#34k(1) - 15.02.1940 signatures: Bachmann / Schnorf / Blumer P#34k(2) - 15.02.1940 signatures: Bachmann / Rossy / Blumer P#34k(3) - 15.02.1940 signatures: Bachmann / Weber / Blumer P#34l(1) - 12.12.1941 signatures: Bachmann / Schnorf / Blumer P#34l(2) - 12.12.1941 signatures: Bachmann / Rossy / Blumer P#34l(3) - 12.12.1941 signatures: Bachmann / Weber / Blumer P#34m(1) - 01.10.1942 signatures: Bachmann / Rossy / Blumer P#34m(2) - 01.10.1942 signatures: Bachmann / Weber / Blumer P#34m(3) - 01.10.1942 signatures: Bachmann / Hirs / Blumer P#34n(1) - 07.05.1943 signatures: Bachmann / Rossy / Blumer P#34n(2) - 07.05.1943 signatures: Bachmann / Weber / Blumer P#34n(3) - 07.05.1943 signatures: Bachmann / Hirs / Blumer P#34o(1) - 16.10.1947 signatures: Müller / Hirs / Blumer P#34o(2) - 16.10.1947 signatures: Müller / Rossy / Blumer P#34o(3) - 16.10.1947 signatures: Müller / Keller / Blumer P#34p(1) - 20.01.1949 signatures: Müller / Hirs / Blumer P#34p(2) - 20.01.1949 signatures: Müller / Rossy / Blumer P#34p(3) - 20.01.1949 signatures: Müller / Keller / Blumer P#34q(1) - 29.12.1955 signatures: Müller / Schwegler / Kunz P#34q(2) - 29.12.1955 signatures: Müller / Keller / Kunz P#34q(3) - 29.12.1955 signatures: Müller / Motta / Kunz |
| Comments |
The sheer number of signature combinations here — over fifty across three decades — reflects the SNB's strict practice of triple-signing its notes, requiring the president, vice-president, and cashier to each authorize every dated issue. That bureaucratic thoroughness is what drives the collector complexity of this series. The design itself originated with Ferdinand Hodler, the Bernese-born symbolist painter, an unusual choice of artist for a central bank; Hodler died in 1918, meaning he never saw his work reach print in this form.
Waterlow & Sons produced the plates in London throughout the entire run. Notes dated 03.08.1939 were authorized four weeks before the Swiss Federal Council mobilized the army — that date carries weight.