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10 Thalers
| Issuer | Kurhessische Leih- & Commerzbank |
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| Year | 1855 |
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| Value | 10 Thalers |
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| Obverse description | Kassenschein (cash note) in a finely engraved rococo border with elaborate scrollwork cartouches; a classical male figure in armour with a helmet stands at right and a draped female figure appears at left, flanking the central text panel. The denomination "Zehn Thaler" is set in bold Gothic script beneath the heading "Kassenschein", with the issuing text in German confirming payability on demand at the bank's counter in Cassel, dated 1st May 1855, and signed below by officers of the KURHESSISCHE LEIH- & COMMERZBANK. The numeral "10" appears in the lower centre, with a serial number at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein Zehn Thaler im 14 Thaler Fusse schuldet an den Inhaber die unterzeichnete Bank, jederzeit zahlbar an deren Kasse CASSEL am 1ten May 1855. KURHESSISCHE LEIH- & COMMERZBANK 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.