Swiss National Bank (SNB) Seventh banknote series, 1984

Seventh banknote series, 1984

The banknotes of the seventh series were designed by Roger and Elisabeth Pfund, who had won the competition for the sixth series. However, as the SNB finally decided in favour of the designs by Ernst and Ursula Hiestand, Roger and Elisabeth Pfund were instead charged with designing the reserve series. These reserve banknotes were never put into circulation. The seventh series was the last reserve series. Rather than developing a new reserve series, the security features of the eighth series have been continually improved. (Recommended reading: The Swiss banknote 1907–1997, Michel de Rivaz, Collection la mémoire de l’oeil, ISBN 2-88100-080-0)

1000


Portrait front	Louis Agassiz
Motif front	Structure of the surface of a shellfish
Motif back	Perch: head, skeleton and fossil Structure of the scales of a perch Ammonite
Prevailing colour	purple
Graphic artist	Roger and Elisabeth Pfund
Format (mm)	86 x 192
Date of first issue	Reserve note
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich

500


Portrait front	Albrecht von Haller
Motif front	Hexagonal structure of the cell Cell tissue
Motif back	XVIIIth century anatomy plate X-ray of the human thorax Mountains (referring to the poem "The Alps")
Prevailing colour	brown
Graphic artist	Roger and Elisabeth Pfund
Format (mm)	82 x 181
Date of first issue	Reserve note
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich

100


Portrait front	Francesco Borromini
Motif front	Architectural motif from San Giovanni in Laterano
Motif back	Raising of the lantern and the spire of S. Ivo Floor plan of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Dove and olive branch
Prevailing colour	dark blue
Graphic artist	Roger and Elisabeth Pfund
Format (mm)	78 x 170
Date of first issue	Reserve note
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich


Portrait front	Konrad Gessner
Motif front	Branch of a dwarf cherry tree Foliage of the bush
Motif back	Royal eagle based on a woodcut from the Historia Animalium Metamorphosis of animals Latin text referring to the seven headed hydra taken from the Historia Animalium
Prevailing colour	green
Graphic artist	Roger and Elisabeth Pfund
Format (mm)	74 x 159
Date of first issue	Reserve note
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich


Portrait front	Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Motif front	Quartz crystals Hornblende beam
Motif back	Hair hygrometer View of Chamonix valley and the Mont Blanc massif Expedition to the Tacul glacier
Prevailing colour	light blue
Graphic artist	Roger and Elisabeth Pfund
Format (mm)	70 x 148
Date of first issue	Reserve note
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich


Portrait front	Leonhard Euler
Motif front	Development of the polyhedron The Königsberg bridges
Motif back	Gamma function Table for the calculation of numbers Diagram of the solar system
Prevailing colour	reddish brown
Graphic artist	Roger and Elisabeth Pfund
Format (mm)	66 x 137
Date of first issue	Reserve note
Print	Orell Füssli, Zurich