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10 Thalers
| Issuer | Fürstlich Schaumburg-Lippische Kassen-Anweisung |
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| Year | 1857 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is executed in fine intaglio engraving and centres on the bold heading "ZEHN / Thaler Courant" above the text "Fürstlich Schaumburg-Lippische Kassen-Anweisung" and the authorising law reference dated 2 January 1857. Two allegorical female winged figures flank the design — the left holding a heraldic shield and the right holding a laurel wreath — with the denomination numeral "10" rendered in large type at each lower corner. Two manuscript signatures appear across the lower centre, beneath the printed text of the Controll-Commission. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue and black, with two large blue guilloche ovals bearing the numeral "10" positioned at left and right. The centre displays the crowned arms of Schaumburg-Lippe rendered in intaglio, flanked by elaborate drapery. The class and series designations appear in blue panels at upper left and right, the inscription "ZEHN THALER COURANT." runs below the central vignette, and a serial number with a block of fine-print redemption text occupies the lower portion alongside a manuscript countersignature. |
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Schaumburg-Lippe was one of the smallest sovereign states in the German Confederation — roughly 340 square kilometers with a population that never exceeded 32,000 during the 19th century. That a principality of this scale was issuing its own treasury obligations in 1857 says more about the fragmented political structure of pre-unification Germany than about any economic ambition. These Kassen-Anweisungen were state cash warrants rather than conventional banknotes, instruments of fiscal administration rather than a circulating currency in any modern sense.
Surviving examples are rare for the obvious reason: the pool of original issue was small, redemption rates were high, and the principality itself was absorbed into the German Empire in 1871, after which any remaining instruments lost practical relevance quickly.