500 Francs 2nd series, type 3

€1.00
IssuerSwitzerland (1848-date)
Year1928-1949
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value500 Francs (500 CHF)
CurrencyFranc (1850-date)
CompositionPaper
Size200 × 125 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterWaterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
No. printed
Designer(s)Eugène Burnand
Engraver(s)Drummond
In circulation to1 October 1978
Reference(s) P#36
Obverse descriptionVignette composed of rosettes and ornaments. On the left below, medallion portrait of a young woman from Appenzell, painted by Eugène Burnand.
Reverse descriptionFrame composed of rosettes and ornaments with the value `500` repeated four times in medallion in the corners. In the center, a composition of the painter Eugene Burnand representing the interior of a habitat where three sitting embroiderers work on their work near a window.
Signature(s)Alfred Sarasin-Iselin, Gottlieb Bachmann, K. Bornhauser, Charles Schnyder von Wartensee, Ernst Weber, Gottlieb Bachmann, Fritz Schnorf, Erich Blumer, Paul Rossy, Ernst Weber, Paul Rossy, Alfred Hirs, Alfred Müller, Paul Keller,
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Obverse lettering500 500 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE GESETZBUNG ÜBER DIE SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK 500 FÜNFHUNDERT FRANKEN CINQ CENTS FRANCS. CINQUE CENTO FRANCHI. BERN UND ZÜRICH DEN 31.AUGUST 1946. DER PRÄSIDENT DES BANKRATES: DER HAUPTKASSIER: EIN MITGLIED DES DIREKTORIUMS: 500 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
Reverse lettering500 500 SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE 500 500 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
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Catalog ID5867443070
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