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50 Francs
| Issuer | Bank in St. Gallen |
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| Year | 1852 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | At the left margin, an allegorical vignette of Justice holding a sword and scales; at centre, a steam locomotive vignette conveying themes of commerce and modernity; at the right, a standing female figure bearing a sheaf of wheat. The promise-to-pay text is rendered in German script across the central panel, with the issuer designation and the printer's imprint of Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | FRANKEN 50 Die Bank in Sᵗ. Gallen zahlt dem Ueberbringer gegen diese anweisung Fünfzig Franken neüe. Schweizer Währung. St. Gallen, den, _ 18 _ Cassʳ. Presᵗ. Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. New York & Phila. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, left blank without any design, vignette, or lettering. |
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