Ten Swiss franc note(Eighth series)

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Description:
Size: 74 x 126mm
Main color: Yellow Date of issue: 8 April 1997

Ten Swiss franc note(Eighth series) design features

Obverse

The portrait of the front side of 10 Swiss franc note shows Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier (1887-1965), one of the outstanding masters of modern design. He was architect, town planner, urbanist, painter and theoretician. A portrait is accompanied by a photograph in the top left corner showing Le Corbusier in a typical work situation.

[1] Microtext

Reverse

[A] The Palace of justice in Chandigarh

[B] The facade of the Secretariat

[C] The "Modulor"- (anthropometric scale of proportions)

[D] The secretariat building in Chandigarh

[1] Microtext (reverse)

For detailed overview the security features of the 8-th series of Swiss franc turn to 50 Swiss franc note or 100 Swiss franc note

Sources:
snb.ch
wikipedia.org

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