50 Gulden

Features

Issuer Canton of St. Gallen
Issuing bank Bank in St. Gallen
Type Standard banknote
Year 1837
Value 50 Gulden
Currency Gulden (1837-1848)
Composition Paper
Size 215 × 80 mm
Shape Rectangular (hand cut)
Technique Intaglio
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
300677
References P# S432,
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# KA164
Jürg Richter, Ruedi Kunzmann; 2003. Die Banknoten der Schweiz. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.

Obverse

On the left a rooster and a dog, next to them a beehive as a symbol of hard work, in the top center a railroad, on the right a bundle of wheat and other agricultural attributes.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (Fraktur blackletter)

Lettering:
50 FÜNFZIG
Draper. Toppan, Longacre & Co. Philᵃ. & NY
L
Serie _ Nᵒ. _
Die Bank in Sᵗ. Gallen
zahlt dem Ueberbringer gegen dieſe Anweiſung

FÜNFZIG GULDEN
im Vier Zwanzig Gulden Fuſs
Sᵗ. Gallen den _ 18 _
FÜNFZIG 50
Caſsʳ. Presᵗ.

Reverse

Blank.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND  Unsigned; without serial number
1837-Dec-19 

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