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50 Francs Swiss Bankers Travellers Cheque
| Issuer | Swiss Bankers Travellers Cheque (consortium of Swiss Banks) |
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| Value | 50 Francs 50 CHF = BRL 317 |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of William Tell in right profile at right, set against a fine guilloche underprint in green and red. The denomination numeral 50 appears in large letterpress at lower left, accompanied by a guilloche rosette bearing the Swiss Cross at lower right. Trilingual payment text in English, German, and French fills the centre field. |
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| Reverse lettering | REISECHECK · CHEQUE DE VOYAGE SWISS BANKERS TRAVELLERS CHEQUE etc euro travellers cheque The Issuing Swiss Banks: Swiss Bank Corporation Credit Suisse Union Bank of Switzerland Swiss Volksbank Bank Leu Ltd Swiss Regional Banks Swiss Cantonal Banks Die ausgebenden Schweizer Banken: Schweizerischer Bankverein Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft Schweizerische Volksbank Bank Leu AG Schweizer Regionalbanken Schweizer Kantonalbanken Les banques suisses émettrices: Société de Banque Suisse Credit Suisse Union de Banques Suisses Banque Populaire Suisse Banque Leu SA Banques Régionales Suisses Banques Cantonales Suisses ges. gesch. / mod. déposé No writing or stamping in this space / Dieses Feld nicht beschriften und nicht bestempeln / Laisser cette espace en blanc |
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Swiss Bankers Travellers Cheques were issued by a consortium of major Swiss banks — UBS, Credit Suisse, and others — operating under the Swiss Bankers Association umbrella. Unlike conventional travellers cheques from American Express or Thomas Cook, these were denominated in Swiss francs and designed specifically to serve as a hard-currency alternative during periods when franc convertibility was a genuine selling point for international travellers.
Guilloche printing on Swiss-issued instruments of this kind was typically executed domestically, where the tradition of security printing runs deep — several of the same firms producing Swiss banknotes had commercial relationships with the consortium.