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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Bank in St. Gallen |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark green intaglio-printed note with an elaborate ornamental composition. At centre, a female portrait vignette in an oval medallion is set within the upper border, flanked by two large allegorical putti vignettes at left and right, each seated amid floral and foliate decorative cartouches. The central field carries the issuing authority and denomination in bold letterpress text, with three punch-cancelled circular holes below the signature line reserved for Cassier, Präsident, and Director. Numeral panels reading '1000' appear at lower left and right, alongside trilingual denomination references in German, French, and Italian. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE ST. GALL BILLET DE MILLE FRANCS, VALEUR SUISSE. |
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The Bank in St. Gallen was one of Switzerland's numerous cantonal and private note-issuing institutions operating before the Swiss National Bank's monopoly — a consolidation that didn't arrive until 1907. This 1000-franc note sits at the very high end of the denomination range these regional banks typically issued, and high-value notes of this type circulated primarily between merchants and institutions rather than passing through ordinary retail trade.
Dondorf & Naumann of Frankfurt were accomplished commercial engravers with a broad portfolio across European banking clients. Their selection by a Swiss regional bank reflects the common pre-SNB practice of outsourcing security printing to established German houses rather than domestic printers.