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50 Kroner
| Issuer | Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn |
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| Year | 1875-1881 |
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| Designer(s) | Obverse: Magnus Petersen Reverse: Niels Fristrup |
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| Obverse lettering | NATIONALBANKEN 50 I KJØBENHAVN HALVTREDSENTYVE KRONER Vexles paa Anfordring med Guldmønt NATIONALBANKEN I KJØBENHAVN 1875 (Translation: The National Bank 50 in Copenhagen Fifty Kroner Exchangeable on demand with gold coin The National Bank in Copenhagen 1875) |
| Reverse description | Light blue on white paper with a densely patterned near-uniform guilloche underprint arranged in six repeating rows of bee motifs. The denomination numeral 50 appears in each corner and at centre against the intricate background. |
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Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn issued this series under the National Bank Act of 1818, which gave the institution its monopoly on note issuance — a privilege it had fought to defend against repeated political pressure throughout the mid-nineteenth century. The 1875–1881 dating reflects a relatively short issuing window, and surviving examples are uncommon, particularly in circulated grades, as large-denomination notes in late nineteenth-century Denmark moved through relatively few hands before being returned to the bank.
Magnus Petersen was a prominent Danish antiquarian artist, better known for his work documenting medieval church frescoes. His involvement in banknote design was a deliberate institutional choice toward scholarly respectability rather than purely decorative engraving.