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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Cantonale Vaudoise |
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| Year | 1883-1906 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue-grey tones on white paper, with a classical allegorical female figure standing to the left holding a caduceus, and a putto vignette to the lower right. The central panel carries the issuing authority name LA BANQUE CANTONALE VAUDOISE and the denomination CENT FRANCS in bold letterpress, framed by fine guilloche borders. A red SPECIMEN overprint is applied diagonally across the face, with series and serial number fields printed at top and centre, and the date LAUSANNE 1er Juillet 1906 inscribed below the main text. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in dark blue, with a large central oval guilloche medallion flanked symmetrically on left and right by circular portrait vignettes of a female head in profile, each set within ornate lathe-work frames. The denomination is expressed in three languages across the centre: CENT FRANCS, HUNDERT FRANKEN, and CENTO FRANCHI, reflecting the multilingual character of the Swiss Confederation. Corner numerals 100 repeat at all four positions within the overall geometric guilloche underprint. |
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The Banque Cantonale Vaudoise was one of several Swiss cantonal banks that turned to Bradbury Wilkinson in the latter decades of the nineteenth century — a practical choice, given the English firm's reputation for security printing at a time when Swiss domestic capacity was limited. The plate design credits for Joseph Storck and Albert Walch place this squarely in the tradition of Viennese academic engraving, Storck being the Austrian architect and ornamentalist whose decorative work appeared across Central European printing commissions of the period.
The twenty-three year issue window is unusually long, suggesting the canton saw no pressing reason to retire the series — monetary stability in Vaud during this period was not in question.