20 Francs

Features

Issuer Canton of St. Gallen
Issuing bank Bank in St. Gallen
Type Standard banknote
Year 1852
Value 20 Francs
Currency Franc (1852-1906)
Composition Paper
Size 215 × 95 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Intaglio
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
299422
References P# S437,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
Richt/Kunz# KA169
Jürg Richter, Ruedi Kunzmann; 2003. Die Banknoten der Schweiz. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.

Obverse

On the left a man and a woman with a bundle of wheat, in the middle a shepherd in a meadow, on the right a woman harvesting.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (Fraktur blackletter), Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
FRANKEN 20
XX Serie Nᵒ.-
Die Bank in Sᵗ. Gallen
zahlt dem Ueberbringer gegen diese
anweisung ZWANZIG FRANKEN neüe. Schweizer
Währung. St. Gallen, den _ 18 _
Cassʳ. Presᵗ.
Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. New York & Phila.

Reverse

Blank.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1852)  Unsigned, without serial number

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