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10 Thalers
| Issuer | Kurhessische Leih- & Commerzbank |
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| Year | 1855 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in a finely engraved lathe-work design with a central octagonal guilloche medallion bearing the large numeral "10", flanked by two oval portrait vignettes set within ornamental foliate frames. The denomination "ZEHN THALER" is inscribed in arched lettering across the top, and the numeral "10" is repeated in each of the four corners against a delicate engine-turned underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | ZEHN THALER 10 10 10 10 |
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The Kurhessische Leih- & Commerzbank was a state-backed institution operating in Electoral Hesse (Kurhessen), one of the smaller German states that would be forcibly annexed by Prussia in 1866 following the Austro-Prussian War. Notes issued before that annexation became effectively obsolete almost immediately — the Prussian-dominated North German monetary system was not interested in accommodating Hessian paper. This note predates that political collapse by eleven years, issued when the bank still had every reason to believe in its own continuity.
The Thaler denominations from this issuer are genuinely scarce in any form. The Pick S-prefix placement confirms it was catalogued among private and semi-private bank issues rather than central government paper.