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50 Francs 4th series, reserve banknote
| Issuer | Swiss National Bank |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Printer | Art Institut Orell Füssli AG, Zürich |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio on red and yellow guilloche underprint. An intaglio portrait vignette of a young woman's head is positioned at right, rendered in fine line engraving. The centre of the note carries the trilingual denomination inscriptions in German, French, and Italian, flanked by intricate guilloche medallions bearing the Swiss cross at left and the numeral 50 at lower left and lower right corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA FÜNFZIG FRANKEN CINQUANTE FRANCS CINQUANTA FRANCHI BERN UND ZÜRICH 15. MÄRZ 1945 50 DER PRÄSIDENT DES BANKRATES DER HAUPTKASSIER EIN MITGLIED DES DIREKTORIUMS 50 ART. INSTITUT ORELL FÜSSLI AG ZÜRICH |
| Reverse description | Green intaglio on pale underprint. The central vignette presents a detailed intaglio scene of a herdsman leading a large bull by a rope, set against an alpine mountain panorama in the background. The composition is framed by an elaborate guilloche border with the denomination numeral 50 repeated in each corner. |
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