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- The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is progressing with the new series of banknotes and has presented twelve designs.
- Now the Swiss population can vote in a survey about which is their favorite series.
- On the website www.neuebanknotenserie.ch, everyone can give their opinion by September 7th, as SNB announced.
At the same time, an advisory board, composed of external specialists, will assess the proposals. According to the SNB, the six best designs then reach the second level of competition. The winner should be determined in early 2026. The new banknotes should be circulated at the earliest in the early 2030s.
“Höheen” as a topic
The National Bank launched the competition for the new banknot series last October. Nothing should change on the colors of the banknotes and the usual denial. The given topic is “Switzerland and its altitudes”.
According to previous information, the Bank Council and Directorate of the SNB have selected this topic. Specifically, the new grades should map Switzerland’s topography based on six altitudes. For the 10-franc note, these are the “depth layers” (UA major cities), for the 20-grade the Mittelland, for the 50s of the Jura and for the 100 note the Preaps. The mountains and the 1000 grade are the high mountains in the center for 200 francs.
The topic was implemented in a variety of and artistic ways, according to the communiqué. A series is devoted to different culinary specialties (from Tête de Moine to the nut cake), others show rock variants, animals or landscapes.
Regular renewal
Switzerland will receive new banknotes in a few years. Today’s banknote series introduced from 2016 to 2019 was still very falsely safe, it said last autumn. However, she has now reached about half of her lifespan. As a rule, new banknotes would be launched every 15 to 20 years.
The Swiss banknot series over the years
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Image 1 of 9. The first series of banknotes of the SNB: The time between the foundation of the SNB in 1906 and the opening of its switch was not enough to create new grades. Therefore, it was decided to print these interim grades according to the grade image pattern of the former emission banks and additionally to provide a red rosette with a Swiss cross.
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Image 2 of 9. The 5-franc coin was obtained in the event of war or during serious crises and thus largely withdrawn from payment transactions. The SNB therefore produced this 5-franc note. It is part of the second series of banknotes, which was first issued between 1911 and 1914.
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Image 3 of 9. The war grade: in 1918 this note was designed and issued as a so -called war grade. Wilhelm Tell can be seen on it. In 1930 a 20-franc note followed. They belong to the third series of banknotes of the SNB.
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Image 4 of 9. The reserve deaths: During the Second World War, the two painters Victor Surbeck and Hans Erni from SNB were commissioned to design new grades. However, no notes in this series (the fourth) have ever been put into circulation. The banknotes served as a reserve.
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Image 5 of 9. The four highest railway nodes in the fifth series for the first time form a thematic and formal unit in Swiss banknot history, in which the portrait of the front is related to the subject of the back. In addition, a 10-franc note was not only printed in 1956, but also issued.
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Image 6 of 9. At the end of the 1960s, the SNB completely redesigned its policy regarding the design and manufacture of the notes. For the sixth series of banknotes (1976), the National Bank took over the sole leadership of planning, organization and realization for the first time.
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Image 7 of 9. The grades of the seventh banknot series (1984) were never published, but only served as a reserve. The seventh series was the last reserve series. Instead of a reserve series, the security system of the eighth series banknotes was continuously developed.
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Figure 8 of 9. Electronic image processing was used for the first time when designing the eighth banknot series in 1995. The security concept was also adjusted. There were now transparent security features. The SNB called back these banknotes as of April 30, 2021. They are therefore no longer an official means of payment.
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Image 9 of 9. The ninth banknot series has been staggered since 2016. The 50-franc note was published in April 2016. The conclusion is the 100-franc note, it was issued on September 12, 2019. The grades are considered an official means of payment.
Bildquelle: Keystone/Alessandro Crinari.
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In terms of security, functionality and graphic design, the SNB places high demands on the new series. Among other things, security features are needed that are easy to recognize and are difficult to fake. In addition, they must be easily distinguishable from people and machine and withstand the exertion in everyday life. And they are a business card in Switzerland.
Cash continues to be necessary
The fact that, despite the trend towards electronic payments, cash is still needed is out of the question for SNB. SNB President Martin Schlegel said that cash is still very important in the past October. Around every third payment is made in Switzerland today with cash. “We are convinced that cash will continue to remain a wide range of payment in the future,” said Schlegel at the time.
The introduction of a new series of banknotes costs money. According to previous information, a medium -sized double -digit million amount must be spent on this.
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