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| Emittent | Banque Commerciale Neuchâteloise |
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| Jahr | 1896-1906 |
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| Referenz(en) | P#S415 |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | 500 LA BANQUE COMMERCIALE NEUCHÂTELOISE payera à vue, au porteur, CINQ CENTS FRANCS 500 en espèces ayant cours légal. NEUCHÂTEL 1er Octobre 1896. LE CAISSIER: LE PRÉSIDENT: LE DIRECTEUR: 500 BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LONDRES |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Predominantly dark green intaglio design centred on a large guilloche oval containing the denomination in all three Swiss national languages on stacked registers, flanked left and right by circular medallions each bearing a classical female profile in bust, surrounded by repeating '500' numeral bands. Corner cartouches in the upper and lower margins repeat the denomination numerals within ornamental frames, and a continuous engine-turned border encloses the entire composition. |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Banque Commerciale Neuchâteloise was one of several cantonal and regional private banks operating in Switzerland before the Swiss National Bank's founding in 1907 effectively ended the era of plural note issuance. This 500-franc denomination sat at the high end of what a regional commercial bank would put into circulation — a sum that in the 1890s represented serious money, more likely to move between merchants and notaries than through everyday retail trade.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement is worth noting: the New Malden firm held printing contracts with dozens of smaller European issuers precisely because they could deliver security-print quality that in-house cantonal production could not match. The plate work would have been engraved in London regardless of where the issuing authority sat.
The series spans a full decade, suggesting reorders rather than a single print run.