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The Fright Writer
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The pen is mightier than the machete
- The reaper dancing with a woman holding lilies - the flowers of death - in her left hand.

At the bottom left of note is an egg timer, symbolising our time slipping away.

Surely the darkest national bank note in history?
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
- An angel tending to a dying old man

- The grim reaper - scythe over their left shoulder - holding the body of a child. He is looking back over his shoulder and seems to be looking directly at the person holding the note (or looking at the screen in this instance).
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The back is artwork by graphic designers Pierre Gauchat and Hermann Eidenbenz depicting a danse macabre, a form of memento mori reminding people of the inevitability of death regardless of their standing.

The note presents three images;
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM