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50 Francs
| Issuer | Bank in Basel (Die Bank in Basel) |
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| Year | 1877-1879 |
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| Printer | Dondorf & Naumann, Frankfurt, Germany (1850-1932) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 FÜNFZIG FRANKEN FÜNFZIG FRANKEN 50 DIE BANK IN BASEL bezahlt gegen Rückgabe dieser Note FÜNFZIG FRANKEN IN SCHWEIZERWAHRUNG Cassier: Präsident: Director: Emission vom Jahre 1877. 50 CINQUANTE FRANCS CINQUANTA FRANCHI 50 |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE BÂLE BILLET DE CINQUANTE FRANCS, VALEUR SUISSE. |
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Die Bank in Basel was one of Switzerland's private cantonal note-issuing banks operating before the Swiss National Bank's founding in 1907 consolidated the right of issue. The Dondorf & Naumann imprint is worth noting — the Frankfurt firm was better known for playing cards and chromolithographic work than banknote production, and their involvement here reflects the relatively open market for private bank printing contracts in the German-speaking world during this period.
Swiss private banknotes of this era were suppressed progressively, and most surviving examples come from unissued or lightly circulated stock rather than everyday commerce.