Swiss National Bank (SNB) Third banknote series, 1918

Third banknote series, 1918

Between 1918 and 1930, these bills were either designed and issued in intervals as so-called war notes, or else they were printed as reserve notes. (Recommended reading: The Swiss banknote 1907–1997, Michel de Rivaz, COLLECTION LA MEMOIRE DE L'OEIL, ISBN 2-88100-080-0)

100


Portrait front	William Tell in left-hand side medallion
Motif back	Ornaments, rosette, and Jungfrau massif
Prevailing colour	brown and blue
Format (mm)	115x180
Graphic artist	Balzer (Orell Füssli employee)
Date of first issue	27.09.1918
Date of recall	01.07.1925
Worthless from	01.07.1945
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich

100


Portrait front	William Tell in left-hand side medallion
Motif back	Ornaments, rosette, and Jungfrau massif
Prevailing colour	brown and blue
Format (mm)	115x180
Graphic artist	Balzer (Orell Füssli employee)
Date of first issue	Reserve note
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich


Portrait front	'Pestalozzi' (Swiss educationalist) in right-hand side medallion
Motif back	Swiss cross in the middle of the note
Prevailing colour	blue
Format (mm)	86x143
Graphic artist	Picture: Felix Maria Diogg Line drawing: Traugott Willi
Date of first issue	15.07.1930
Date of recall	01.04.1956
Worthless from	01.04.1976
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich


Portrait front	'Pestalozzi' (Swiss educationalist) in right-hand side medallion
Motif back	Swiss cross in the middle of the note
Prevailing colour	blue
Format (mm)	86x143
Graphic artist	Orell Füssli
Date of first issue	Reserve note
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich


Portrait front	Women from Fribourg in left-hand side medallion
Motif back	Ornaments, rosette, and numeral of value
Prevailing colour	greyish blue
Format (mm)	88x141
Graphic artist	according to a picture by Pietro Chiesa
Date of first issue	Reserve note
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich