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| Switzerland 500 Francs 1961-1974 |
Item Code: CH-51 |
| Front:
Effigy of a woman looking into a handheld mirror. Back:
"Jungbrunnen" or "Fountain of
Youth", a "compressed" reinterpretation of
the very detailed and extravagant painting by Lucas Cranach "Der Jungbrunnen". Left to right: Two elderly women with a dog, next to a middle-aged woman, holding on to a neglected tree, stepping into the anti-aging bath, with a young woman, symbolising juvenile freshness, already bathing in it, and another two young women, almost naked, drying and covering themselves up with towels, with a couple rabbits hanging around them and a blossoming Camellia tree symbolizing rejuvenation of the new fertility. Predominant colours: Brown-orange and olive. Artists: Pierre Gauchat (1902-1956). Signatories as depicted: Dr. Brenno Galli (Der Präsident des Bankrates); Dr. Fritz Leutwiler (Ein Mitglied des Direktoriums); Rudolf Aebersold (Der Hauptkassier). First Issued: 14 June 1957. Date of Recall: 1 May 1980. Not Legal Tender from: 1 May 2000. Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London. |
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| Dimensions: 210 x 115 mm |
Texts:
Schweizerische Nationalbank. Banque
Nationale Suisse. Banca Nazionale Svizzera. Fünfhundert
Franken. Cinq Cents Francs. |
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