Swiss National Bank (SNB) Sixth banknote series, 1976

Sixth banknote series, 1976

At the end of the sixties, the Swiss National Bank completely reassessed its policy regarding the design and production of notes. For the first time, the SNB took over sole leadership of planning, organisation and implementation in cooperation with graphic artists, printers, producers of paper, print and equipment. The basic creative idea upon which the banknote series was based, i.e. the selection of topics and the graphic design, was changed as well. Six banknotes were thus created whose front is dominated by the portrait of a historic personality. The topic on the corresponding back side is always closely related to the personality depicted on the front. (Recommended reading: The Swiss banknote 1907–1997, Michel de Rivaz, COLLECTION LA MEMOIRE DE L'OEIL, ISBN 2-88100-080-0)

1000


Portrait front	Auguste Forel 1848 – 1931 Psychiatrist, neurologist, entomologist
Motif back	Three ants and a cross-section of an anthill
Prevailing colour	purple
Format (mm)	86x192
Graphic artist	Ernst and Ursula Hiestand
Date of first issue	04.04.1978
Date of recall	01.05.2000
Worthless from	01.05.2020
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich

500


Portrait front	Albrecht von Haller 1708 – 1777 Physician, naturalist and poet
Motif back	Muscular figure of a human body, graph of respiration and the circulation of the blood, and a purple orchis
Prevailing colour	brown
Format (mm)	82x181
Graphic artist	Ernst and Ursula Hiestand
Date of first issue	04.04.1977
Date of recall	01.05.2000
Worthless from	01.05.2020
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich

100


Portrait front	Francesco Borromini 1599 – 1667 Architect
Motif back	Upper part of the dome-tower as well as the floor plan of the church S. Ivo
Prevailing colour	dark blue
Format (mm)	78x170
Graphic artist	Ernst and Ursula Hiestand
Date of first issue	04.10.1976
Date of recall	01.05.2000
Worthless from	01.05.2020
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich


Portrait front	Konrad Gessner 1516 – 1565 Universal scholar
Motif back	Eagle owl, primula, stars
Prevailing colour	green
Format (mm)	74x159
Graphic artist	Ernst and Ursula Hiestand
Date of first issue	04.10.1978
Date of recall	01.05.2000
Worthless from	01.05.2020
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich


Portrait front	Horace-Bénédict der Saussure 1740 – 1799 Geologist
Motif back	Mountain range, a group of alpinists and the Ammonshorn
Prevailing colour	light blue
Format (mm)	70x148
Graphic artist	Ernst and Ursula Hiestand
Date of first issue	04.04.1979
Date of recall	01.05.2000
Worthless from	01.05.2020
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich


Portrait front	Leonhard Euler 1707 – 1783 Mathematician
Motif back	Water turbine, the solar system and a scheme of propagation of rays of light passing through lenses
Prevailing colour	reddish brown
Format (mm)	66x137
Graphic artist	Ernst and Ursula Hiestand
Date of first issue	05.11.1979
Date of recall	01.05.2000
Worthless from	01.05.2020
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich