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500 Franken
| Issuer | Die Bank in Luzern |
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| Year | 1877 |
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| Printer | Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company |
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| Obverse description | Pink and black intaglio-printed note with a central large Gothic-script denomination 'Fünfhundert Franken' and the issuer's name 'Die Bank in Luzern' at the top. Two oval portrait vignettes flank the central text: a laurel-wreathed female figure to the left and a bearded male figure to the right, with landscape vignettes in the lower corners and a reclining lion vignette at the bottom centre. Three signature lines are printed below the date 'Luzern, den 1. Januar 1877', assigned to 'Der Director', 'Der Präsident', and 'Der Cassier'. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in rose-red and grey on a white ground, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate central guilloche medallion enclosing a portrait vignette of a woman, surrounded by the curved inscriptions 'BANQUE' and 'LUCERNE'. Four corner medallions each bear the numeral '500', and the overall layout is composed of dense lathe-work guilloche patterns. The printer's imprint 'B.W. & Co. LONDON' appears at the lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE LUCERNE 500 B.W. & Co. LONDON |
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