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One thousand Swiss franc note(Eighth series)

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Description:
Size: 74 x 181mm
Main color: Violet
Date of issue: 1 April 1998


One thousand Swiss franc note(Eighth series) design features


Obverse
The portrait of the front side of 1000 Swiss franc note shows Jacob Burckhardt (1818- 1897). He is best known for his scientifically sound and aesthetically appreciative studies of the Italian Renaissance. But Burckhardt was also a persistent and far-sighted critic of the state's aspiration for power. Today Burckhardt is admired as a brilliant historian, seminal art historian and prophetic critic of his age. His writings in historiography are literary accomplishments as well as pioneering works that helped to establish art history as a modern academic discipline.
[1] Microtext

Reverse
[A] Antiquity
[B] Ancient architecture
[C] The Renaissance
[D] The view of history
[1] Microtext (reverse)

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