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50 Speciedaler
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1861 |
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| Size | 165 × 100 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green paper with black letterpress print. The denomination "50 Spd 50" appears at the top, flanked by the Norwegian coat of arms at centre. Below, the statutory obligation text is printed in black, with the place of issue (Trondhjem) and the year handwritten in manuscript, accompanied by manuscript signatures of authorised bank officials. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Spd 50 Mod denne Seddel betaler Norges Bank til Ihændehaveren Femti Speciedalere Sølv. Trondhjem Aar 1861 |
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Norges Bank established its own printing works in 1816, the same year the bank itself was founded — an unusual degree of vertical integration for a central bank of that period. By 1861, the Trondheim facility was producing notes on paper sourced from Bentsebrug mill, a well-documented domestic supply relationship that reflected deliberate policy to keep the currency supply chain within Norwegian borders, then still under Swedish union.
The 50 Speciedaler was a high-denomination instrument in a monetary system where the Speciedaler remained Norway's primary unit until decimalization replaced it with the Krone in 1875.