The Swiss National Bank issued Swiss Franc banknotes in 7 different denominations, including this 1000 Swiss Francs banknote (5th Series). They are part of the demonetized Swiss Franc 5th Series banknotes series. The Swiss National Bank started issuing these 1000 Swiss Franc banknotes in 1957. They were withdrawn from circulation in 1977.

This purple-violet-colored Swiss tausend franken – mille francs – mille franchi banknote features the grim reaper with his axe. Text on the note reads ‘Banque Nationale Suisse – Schweizerische Nationalbank’.

This banknote was selected as the third most scary banknote in our Halloween top-10 of the world’s scariest banknotes.

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