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50 Pounds
| Issuer | Gabrisbanknote (Wales souvenir issue) |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Diana, Princess of Wales in intaglio-style portrait, wearing a tiara and drop earrings, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in teal, orange, and green tones with Althorp House rendered in the right background. The denomination appears in large script lettering as "Fifty POUNDS" to the right of the portrait, with two circular transparent polymer windows — one to each side — bearing embossed rosette devices and "SPECIMEN" overprint. A facsimile signature "Diana" is printed in green at lower left, below which the inscription "DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES 1961–1997" appears. |
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| Obverse lettering | £50 BANKNOTE OF WALES £50 SPECIMEN NON-NEGOTIABLE ESSAY Fifty POUNDS DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES 1961 – 1997 2017 £50 GABRISBANKNOTE 2017 |
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Gabrisbanknote is a small Welsh novelty producer whose output has no legal tender status anywhere — these are souvenir items sold to collectors and tourists, not issued by any monetary authority. The "50 Pounds" denomination is decorative fiction.
Polymer construction and a window element give it a superficial resemblance to genuine currency, which is the point. No central bank, no issuing authority, no redemption obligation.