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| CHF 500 Swiss Francs |
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| 500 Swiss Franc - 500 Schweizer Franken - 500 Franc Suisse - 500 Franco Svizzero |
Schweizerische Nationalbank Schweizer - Banque Nationale Suisse - Banca Nazionale Svizzera.
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Obverse: Portrait of Albrecht von Haller (16 October 1708 – 12 December 1777) , Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet. View of Gemmi Pass between Wallis and Berne at left.
Reverse: Muscular figure of a human body, graph of respiration and the circulation of the blood, and a purple orchis.
Prevailing colour - brown; Format 82 x 181 mm
Graphic artist - Ernst and Ursula Hiestand
Date of first issue - 04.04.1977; Date of recall - 01.05.2000; Worthless from 01.05.2020.
Printed by Orell Füssli, Zurich.
Gemmi Pass is the most famous of all high mountain passes across the Bernese Alps connecting Leukerbad (on the south) in the canton of Valais with Kandersteg (on the north) in the canton of Bern. The pass itself lies within the canton of Valais, at a height of 2,270 metres above sea level. The main trail reaches 2,322 metres.
- The pass is mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes story The Final Problem. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson cross the pass on their way to Meiringen, where Sherlock Holmes has his famous meeting with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls.
- The pass is described by Guy de Maupassant in his short-story L'Auberge.
The pass lies between the Daubenhorn (2942 m.) in the west and the Rinderhorn (3448 m.) in the east.
Although the pass cannot be traversed by road, it is still directly accessible by cablecar from Leukerbad. Alternatively, the pass can be reached by a two-hour dramatic hike on foot.
It should take about two hours from Leukerbad to reach the pass area along this steep and winding hiking path.
From Kandersteg a cable car gives access to the Sunnbüel area (1,934 m), 10 km north of the pass, allowing hikers to cross the pass on a wide and easy trail.
The pass itself is also used as a vantage point, because of the view of some major peaks in the Pennine Alps, such as the Dom, Matterhorn, Weisshorn and Dent Blanche.
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