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| Uitgever | Herzoglich Anhaltisches Staats-Ministerium (Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg) |
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| Jaar | 1859 |
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| Valuta | Thaler (1840-1867) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Black on green underprint with the monogram HAB as a background device. An oval vignette at left contains a seated allegorical female figure, crowned and robed, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The ducal coat of arms appears at upper center flanked by the text inscription, with bears at left and right as heraldic supporters, and the denomination stated in ornate script across the center of the note. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Black print. The reverse carries a seated allegorical female figure at left within a decorative border, accompanied by text inscriptions and ornamental guilloche work typical of mid-19th century German state note production. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Anhalt-Bernburg was one of the smaller German duchies produced by the repeated subdivision of the Anhalt territories, and by 1859 it was approaching the end of its independent existence — Duke Alexander Karl died without an heir in 1863, and the duchy was absorbed into Anhalt-Dessau. This note was issued by the ducal state ministry itself rather than a bank, which was not unusual for minor German states that lacked the capital or population to sustain a formal note-issuing institution.
The thaler denomination places it squarely in the North German monetary system before the Vereinsthaler reforms fully consolidated regional coinage and paper standards. Survival rate for these minor duchy issues is low — administrative dissolution typically meant systematic redemption and destruction of outstanding notes.