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Fifty Swiss franc note(Eighth series)


50 new Swiss franc note obverse

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Description:
Size: 74 x 148mm
Main color: Green Date of issue: 3 October 1995

50 Swiss franc note obverse 50 Swiss franc note reverse

Fifty Swiss franc note(Eighth series) design features

50 Swiss franc note specimen obverse design 50 Swiss franc note specimen reverse design

Obverse

The portrait of the front side of 50 Swiss franc note shows Sophie Taeuber- Arp(1889-1943), one of the outstanding artist of this century. Her work includes painting, textiles, sculptures and reliefs.

[1] Microtext

50 Swiss franc note Microtext

Reverse

[A] "Relief rectangulaire" 1936

[B] "Tete dada" 1919

[C] Composition "Aubette" 1927

[D] "Lignes ouvertes" 1939

[1] Microtext (reverse)

50 Swiss franc note microprint back

Security Features(combined security concept of 8-th series Swiss franc notes)

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Obverse

[A] The magic number

50 Swiss franc security feature magic number 50 Swiss franc note security feature a2

Security feature [A] shows the denomination of the banknote printed in a shimmering transparent color. It is especially easy to see when the light falls on the feature at a particular angle.

Test: Hold the banknote like a sheet of paper you want to read. If you cannot read the magic number, tilt the note slouly towards the light until it appears.

[B] Watermark digits

50 Swiss franc note Watermark digits

Security feature [B] is a watermark in the Fifty swiss franc note paper reproducing the denomination of the note.

Test: Hold the note up to the light. If you look closely, you will see the watermark digits beneath the color printing.

[C]Intaglio digits: The colored number

50 Swiss franc note colored number

As security feature [C], the denomination of the banknote is produced by an intaglio process. It is rough to touch and leaves traces when rubbed.

Test: Rub the colored number on a sheet of paper. The ink leaves distinct traces.

[D] The perforated number

50 Swiss franc note perforated number

The denomination is made of very fine perforations.

Test: When held up to the light, the denomination is seen as perforated surface.

[E] Optically Variable Ink(OVI) The chameleon number

50 Swiss franc note Optically Variable Ink(OVI)-1 50 Swiss franc note Optically Variable Ink(OVI)-2

As security features [E] the denomination of the Swiss franc note is printed with special ink. The chameleon number changes color whenever the light falls on it from a different angles.

Test: Hold the bankonte like a sheet of paper you want to read and look at the hameleon number. Tilt the note slowly away from you or towards you, and you will see the color of the chameleon number change.

[F] Ultraviolet digits

50 Swiss franc note security feature Ultraviolet digits

As security feature [F] the denomination on the left edge of the note appears dark under UV light and brightly fluorescent on the right side.

Test: You need an ultraviolet lamp to see a dark UV number on the left-hand side and directly opposite a bright fluorescent figure. At the same time the left side of the portrait is brightly fluorescent and the right side is dark.

[G] Metallic digits: The glittering number

50 Swiss franc note security feature glittering number-1 50 Swiss franc note security feature glittering number-2

As security feature [G], the banknote denomination is reproduced in metal-coated form.

Test: Hold the banknote like a sheet of paper you want to read. When you move it, the number has a silvery glitter. Under a magnifying glass you can see the monogram of Swiss national bank SNB BNS in the glittering number.It is partially covered by ink.

[H] Tilt effect

50 Swiss franc note tilt effect

As security feature [H], the banknote denomination is printed in such a way that it can only be seen from an unusual angle.

Test: Hold the note horizontally at eye level so that you can see the front of the note at an extremely sharp angle. Now you should be able to see number appear.

[1] Transparent register

Tilt effect of 50 Swiss franc note Transparent register

[2] Watermark portrait

50 Swiss franc note Watermark portrait

In the top-right hand corner on the front of the Swiss franc note, a watermark portrait can be seen when looking at the same direction as the printed portrait.

[3] Guilloches

50 Swiss franc note Guilloches

The fine entwined lines can change color from line to line or within the line itself.

[4] The moving number

50 Swiss franc note moving number 50 Swiss franc note moving number

In the middle of the note is the Kinegram®: the banknote denomination, shown on spatial silver foils, appears to move. Two other smaller Kinegram® show the Swiss cross and the monogram of the Swiss National Bank: SNB BNS. The form of the Kinegram®, the positioning of two smaller Kinegram® and the movement of the numbers differ from denomination to denomination.

Test: Check he paper and raised print Kinegram®. The moving number appears to run across the Kinegram®. The Swiss crosses and the monograms also seem to move.

[5] Microtext.

On both sides of the banknote, a short text about the person portrayed is reproduced in a print so small that a powerful magnifying glass is needed to read.

[6] Symbol for the visually handicapped

50 Swiss franc note visually handicapped

A symbol is perceptible to the touch and different for each denomination is embossed at the lower end of the front of each note to enable the blind and vision impaired to recognize the face value.

Reverse

[1] Serial number

50 Swiss franc note Serial number

Each Swiss franc note bears a serial number in two different places and two different colors. The serial number is a combination of letters and digits.

[2]Security thread

50 Swiss franc note Security thread

A metallic thread is embedded in paper and emerges as a series of silver dashes on the back of the Swiss franc note. When held up to the light, the thread appears as a bolt continuous line.

[3] Microtext

50 Swiss franc note Microtext

On both sides of the banknote, a short text about the person portrayed is reproduced in a print so small that a powerful magnifying glass is needed to read.

Sources:
snb.ch
wikipedia.org