50 Speciedaler

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.