Catalog
500 Frankenthaler
| Issuer | Bank in Basel |
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| Year | 1845 |
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| Size | 225 × 115 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the note is enclosed within a finely engraved guilloche border with ornamental rosettes at each corner and along the upper edge. A horizontal central band in italic and bold letterpress carries the bearer clause and denomination, flanked above and below by the note's typeset text, with three signature lines for the Kassier, Präsident, and Bankdirektor positioned below the central band. The upper left carries the sheet denomination annotation and the upper right the emission date and serial number fields, both left blank as issued. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is essentially plain, showing the strong letterpress and guilloche impression of the obverse in mirror image as a bleed-through on the unprinted verso, with no intentional design elements. The watermark text is visible when the note is held to the light. |
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| Protection description | Watermark reading BANK. IN. BASEL, visible when the note is held to light. |
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