SINCONA Auction 25
Numismatic Rarities
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| Starting price | 5,000 CHF |
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Description
Pattern for 1000 Francs n. d. (6th Emission 1977-1993). Obverse: Picture of Auguste Forel to r., in the middle the value, signatures and a giant ant below. On l. exergue with the bank's name and a sketchy but printed watermark. Above and below pattern number 43 W 796 836. Reverse: Giant ant under value, overprint of a section of a brain and an anatomical sketch of an inner ear. Upper portion with bank's name and sketchy but printed watermark. Two single specimens. 5.00 g. De Rivaz p. 276 above, cf. De Rivaz p. 278. Cf. Richter/Kunzmann CH5. Of highest rarity. Unique. I. Uncirculated.
Details
The procedure leading to the decision which artist's project can be considered for a bank note series leading to the final issue of such an emission is long and technically very complicated. Many hours of work and intermediate steps that, in an advanced stage lead to a provisional printing are necessary. It is a fortunate circumstance that the former director of the Swiss National Bank, Michel de Rivaz, wrote a book about the creation of the Swiss bank notes from 1907 - 1997 in which he illustrated several patterns that would otherwise have not become public. Of the two patterns presented there, our note is identical with the obverse, however the reverse differs in small details of the position of the individual motifs. This, once more, illustrates how many intermediate steps such a project encompasses. The reverse shows, in comparison with the obverse, in the legend SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK individual positioning lines, what leads to the conclusion that this pattern is of an early stage.