1000 francs Type 1927

Reference:

Pick: #37 , The Banknote Book: B321

Reference list

Description

Switzerland. Swiss National Bank (Schweizerische Nationalbank). Second issue (1910-1955). Banknote identical to Pick: # 8 and # 30 but with the different law text (Gesetzgebung über die Schweizerische Nationalbank). First series dated 23-11-1927. Permanently removed from circulation on 01-10-1958. Work of Eugene Burnand. Printer: Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London. Dimensions: 216 x 131 mm. No watermark. No security thread. Front and back: purple and orange print. Front: vignette composed of rosettes and ornaments. The numbering, the alphabet, the labels, the place and date of issue and the signatures are printed in black. The value "1000" is repeated three times in the corners of the thumbnail. The texts are printed in three languages: French, German and Italian. On the left below, medallion portrait of a young woman painted by Eugène Burnand. Nine issue dates and fourteen signature variants with The Cashier, The President of the Bank Council and The Director. Back: frame composed of rosettes and ornaments with the value "1000" repeated four times in medallion in the corners. In the center, a composition by painter Eugène Burnand representing metalworkers pouring molten metal into a foundry crucible. In the context around, the texts in three languages: French, German and Italian. Counterfeits are known for the Type: 1931, 1939 and 1942. Other Reference: TBB (The Banknote Book): B321.

Note: the letter of the series "1O" of the year 1942 is replaced by the Greek letter "1Ω" (omega).

Signatures variants:
Signatures #14 : K. Bornhauser / Alfred Sarasin / Gottlieb Bachmann.
Signatures #15 : K. Bornhauser / Alfred Sarasin / Charles Schnyder Von Wartensee.
Signatures #16 : K. Bornhauser / Alfred Sarasin / Charles Schnyder Von Wartensee.
Signatures #17 : K. Bornhauser / Alfred Sarasin / Ernst Weber.
Signatures #27 : Erich Blumer / Gottlieb Bachmann / Fritz Schnorf.
Signatures #28 : Erich Blumer / Gottlieb Bachmann / Paul Rossy.
Signatures #29 : Erich Blumer / Gottlieb Bachmann / Ernst Weber.
Signatures #30 : Erich Blumer / Gottlieb Bachmann / Alfred Hirs.
Signatures #31 : Erich Blumer / Alfred Müller / Alfred Hirs.
Signatures #32 : Erich Blumer / Alfred Müller / Paul Rossy.
Signatures #33 : Erich Blumer / Alfred Müller / Paul Keller.
Signatures #34 : Otto Kunz / Alfred Müller / Walter Schwegler.
Signatures #35 : Otto Kunz / Alfred Müller / Paul Rossy.
Signatures #36 : Otto Kunz / Alfred Müller / Paul Keller.

Banknotes :Swiss National Bank, second issue (1911-1955)