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50 Kroner Christie-issue, pattern
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1900-1901 |
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| Designer(s) | Oluf Wold-Torne |
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| Obverse lettering | NORGES BANK betaler mod denne Seddel til Ihændehaveren FEMTI KRONER GULD FEMTI NORGES BANK |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Eidsvoll building in Akershus municipality. A Viking figure appears at left and the national coat of arms of Norway at right, surrounded by the heraldic arms of the Norwegian diocesan towns: Christiania, Bergen, Hamar, Trondheim, Kristiansand, and Tromsø. |
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Bradbury Wilkinson produced this pattern note around the turn of the century as part of a broader design competition or tender process for Norges Bank — the "Christie-issue" designation refers to the proposed series rather than a circulating type, and no examples of this design entered production. Wold-Torne, primarily known as a Norwegian symbolist painter, was an unusual choice to drive a banknote design; his involvement likely reflects the nationalistic cultural mood following the dissolution pressures on the Swedish-Norwegian union, which would finalize in 1905.
Pattern notes from Bradbury Wilkinson rarely surface outside institutional collections.