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50 Francs / Franken / Franchi
| Uitgever | Banque Commerciale Neuchâteloise |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1883-1907 |
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| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Green note with an allegorical female figure standing to the left, holding a staff, set against an elaborate guilloche border. The central panel carries the bank name LA BANQUE COMMERCIALE NEUCHÂTELOISE in bold letterpress, above the denomination CINQUANTE FRANCS in large display type, with a seated putto figure to the lower right. Series and serial number appear in red, with the issue date NEUCHÂTEL 1er Février 1906 printed centrally, flanked by signature lines for the Caissier and Directeur. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by two large circular guilloche medallions, each enclosing a portrait of a female head in profile, set symmetrically left and right within an intricate lathe-work frame. The denomination is stated in all three Swiss national languages in bold central text, with the numeral 50 repeated in each corner and within the surrounding guilloche bands. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Banque Commerciale Neuchâteloise was one of some thirty cantonal and regional note-issuing banks operating in Switzerland before the Schweizerische Nationalbank absorbed the right of issue in 1907. That concentration of private issuance meant notes circulated primarily within tight regional boundaries — a 50-franc instrument from Neuchâtel would rarely have been accepted at face value in Zurich or Geneva without a discount.
The trilingual denomination line — Francs, Franken, Franchi — reflects the Swiss constitutional requirement that official instruments acknowledge all three national languages, not any particular ambition of the issuing bank. The series ran across nearly a quarter century, which typically means multiple printing states and signature combinations exist across surviving examples.