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The first banknotes in Switzerland were issued in 1907. Since then, eight series of Swiss franc notes have been printed, six of which have been released for use by the general public, and a new series is in preparation as of 2006.

Contents 1 Overview 2 All series of Swiss banknotes 2.1 First series 2.2 Second series 2.3 Third series 2.4 Fourth series 2.5 Fifth series 2.6 Sixth series 2.7 Seventh series 2.8 Eighth series 2.9 Ninth series 3 Notes

Overview of all series of Swiss banknotes[1]
Series	Introduction	Date recalled	Valueless since	Designer	Remark
1st	1907	1 July 1925	1 July 1945	Josef Storck and Albert Walch	Changeover notes, similar to notes used by earlier banks
2nd	1911	1 October 1958	1 October 1978	Eugène Burnand, Ferdinand Hodler, S. Balzer
3rd	1918	1 July 1925	1 July 1945	Orell Füssli	War notes; only partially issued
4th	1938	—	—	Victor Surbeck and Hans Erni	Reserve series, never issued
5th	1956	1 May 1980	1 May 2000	Pierre Gauchat and Hermann Eidenbenz
6th	1976	1 May 2000	1 May 2020	Ernst and Ursula Hiestand
7th	—	—	—	Elisabeth and Roger Pfund	Current reserve series; not issued
8th	1995	—	—	Jörg Zintzmeyer	Current series
9th		—	—	Manuela Pfrunder	planned

1st series of Swiss banknotes[2]
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	issue	withdrawal	lapse
		50 francs	166 × 103 mm	Green/Yellow	Helvetia	Ornaments	20 June 1907	1 July 1925	1 July 1945
		100 francs	183 × 116 mm	Blue	Helvetia	Ornaments
		500 francs	199 × 126 mm	Green	Helvetia	Ornaments
		1000 francs	215 × 132 mm	Purple	Helvetia	Ornaments
For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

The second series of Swiss banknotes was issued between 1911 and 1914.^[3]

2nd series of Swiss banknotes[3]
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of			Notes
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	issue	withdrawal	lapse
		5 francs	148 × 70 mm	Brown/Green	William Tell	Ornaments	3 August 1914	1 May 1980	1 May 2000
		10 francs	135 × 82 mm	Brown/Yellow	Woman from Neuchâtel	Ornaments	—	—	—	Reserve note
		20 francs	163 × 95 mm	Blue/purple	Vreneli	Ornaments	31 July 1914	31 December 1935	1 January 1956
		50 francs	165 × 106 mm	Green	Woman's head	Woodcutter	22 December 1911	1 October 1958	1 October 1978
		100 francs	181 × 115 mm	Dark blue	Woman's head	Reaper	16 September 1911	1 October 1958	1 October 1978
		500 francs	200 × 125 mm	Red/Brown	Woman's head	Embroideres	24 December 1912	1 October 1958	1 October 1978
		1000 francs	216 × 131 mm	Purple/Orange	Woman's head	Foundry	16 September 1911	1 October 1958	1 October 1978
For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

The third series of Swiss banknotes was printed in 1918; some of the notes were issued as war notes, while others were kept as reserve.^[4]

The fourth series of Swiss banknotes was printed in 1938 as a reserve series and was never issued.^[5]

The fifth series of Swiss banknotes was issued starting in 1957.^[6]

6th series of Swiss banknotes[7]
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	issue	withdrawal	lapse
		10 francs	137 × 66 mm	Red	Leonhard Euler		5 November 1979	1 May 2000	1 May 2020
		20 francs	148 × 70 mm	Blue	Horace-Bénédict de Saussure		4 April 1979
		50 francs	159 × 74 mm	Green	Conrad Gessner		4 October 1978
		100 francs	170 × 78 mm	Dark blue	Francesco Borromini		4 October 1976
		500 francs	181 × 82 mm	Brown	Albrecht von Haller		4 April 1977
		1000 francs	192 × 86 mm	Purple	Auguste Forel		4 April 1978
For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

A seventh series of Swiss banknotes has been designed and printed in parallel with the sixth series. It is part of the current reserve series, to be released, for example, if the current series would suddenly become widely counterfeited. For security reasons, almost no information has been released on this series except for small fragments initially. ^[8] The designer was Roger Pfund.^[9][10]

8th (current) series of Swiss banknotes[11]
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Obverse	Date of issue	Remarks
Obverse	Reverse
		10 francs	126 × 74 mm	Yellow	Le Corbusier	8 April 1997
		20 francs	137 × 74 mm	Red	Arthur Honegger	1 October 1996
		50 francs	148 × 74 mm	Green	Sophie Taeuber-Arp	3 October 1995
		100 francs	159 × 74 mm	Blue	Alberto Giacometti	1 October 1998
		200 francs	170 × 74 mm	Brown	Charles Ferdinand Ramuz	1 October 1997	Replaces the 500 francs banknote in the previous series
		1000 francs	181 × 74 mm	Purple	Jacob Burckhardt	1 April 1998
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

The ninth series of Swiss franc banknotes, based on designs by Manuela Pfrunder, is scheduled to be issued in 2010 ^[12].

1. ^ All banknote series of the SNB, on the web site of the Swiss National Bank. Last accessed 30 October 2006.
2. ^ First banknote series 1907, on the web site of the Swiss National Bank. Last accessed 8 December 2006.
3. ^ ^{a b} Second banknote series 1911, on the web site of the Swiss National Bank. Last accessed 9 December 2006.
4. ^ Third banknote series 1918, on the web site of the Swiss National Bank. Last accessed 9 December 2006.
5. ^ Fourth banknote series 1938, on the web site of the Swiss National Bank. Last accessed 9 December 2006.
6. ^ Fifth banknote series 1957, on the web site of the Swiss National Bank. Last accessed 9 December 2006.
7. ^ Sixth banknote series 1976, on the web site of the Swiss National Bank. Last accessed 30 October 2006.
8. ^ http://www.nachthund.biz/CatalogUpdate/Switzerland/SWI1206-01.html Accessed 04/03/2007
9. ^ Seventh banknote series, on the web site of the Swiss National Bank. Last accessed 4 December 2006.
10. ^ Jean-Marc Côté, "Habiller l'argent : Roger Pfund", Bulletin de l'Association des Numismates Francophones du Canada.
11. ^ Eighth banknote series 1995, on the web site of the Swiss National Bank. Last accessed 30 October 2006.
12. ^ http://www.nachthund.biz/CatalogUpdate/Switzerland/SWI0307-01.html Accessed 2007-03-07