100 Francs Banque du Commerce

The Banque du Commerce was one of several private Geneva cantonal banks operating in the period before Switzerland's monetary consolidation under the Swiss National Bank, founded in 1907. This note predates that transition by a matter of years — the SNB's establishment effectively ended the note-issuing rights of private cantonal institutions like this one, and the Banque du Commerce's circulation privileges were among those extinguished in the process.

Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement is worth noting: the London firm held engraving contracts across dozens of private and colonial issuers during this period, and their Geneva work shared production infrastructure with commissions from far larger institutions. The P#S303 prefix signals its private bank classification — a category that Swiss numismatic literature has historically underserved.