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500 Franken / Francs / Franchi
| Issuer | Bank in Basel |
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| Year | 1876 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central text panel with the issuer name DIE BANK IN BASEL in bold letterpress above the large-format denomination inscription Fünfhundert Franken in prominent Gothic script, with the legend IN SCHWEIZERWÄHRUNG below. A female portrait vignette in an oval medallion is centered at the top, flanked by elaborate side panels each bearing a seated putto figure with ornamental foliage and guilloche rosette motifs at the corners. The denomination 500 appears in all four corners, with trilingual designation CINQ CENTS FRANCS and CINQUECENTO FRANCHI along the lower border, and the emission line reading Emission vom Jahre 1879 at the foot of the central panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | DIE BANK IN BASEL Fünfhundert Franken IN SCHWEIZERWÄHRUNG CINQ CENTS FRANCS CINQUECENTO FRANCHI 500 Emission vom Jahre 1879 Cassier Präsident Director |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a light intaglio impression on plain cotton paper, with the text arranged in three arched lines across the centre of an otherwise unadorned field, relying on the typography alone for its design composition. |
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