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50 Francs
| Issuer | Glarner Kantonalbank |
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| Year | 1897-1906 |
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| In circulation to | 1906 |
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| Obverse description | Green-toned note printed in intaglio, with a standing allegorical female figure at the left margin and a cherub vignette at the lower right. The central text panel carries the bank name GLARNER KANTONALBANK in bold letterpress above the denomination FÜNFZIG FRANKEN, with the serial number printed in red. The date GLARUS 1. Oktober 1901 appears in the lower central area above three manuscript signature lines for the Director, Bank President, and Cashier. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche pattern composed of four large interlocking rosettes at each corner, each enclosing a small female portrait medallion. The three-language denomination inscription — CINQUANTE FRANCS, FÜNFZIG FRANKEN, and CINQUANTA FRANCHI — is set in bold letterpress across the centre, flanked by the numeral 50 repeated in each corner. |
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Glarner Kantonalbank was one of the smaller cantonal institutions, serving a mountainous canton with a modest industrial base dominated by textiles. Its private note-issuing rights predated the federal consolidation that eventually stripped cantonal banks of circulation privileges — the Swiss National Bank's founding in 1907 effectively ended this series, which accounts for the tight nine-year window of issue.
Joseph Storck was a Viennese professor of decorative arts, an unusual choice that points to design procurement through Austrian rather than Swiss commercial channels. Albert Walch's involvement on the obverse suggests a division of labor between compositional concept and execution that was common in high-end engraved work of the period.