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10 Thalers Courant Braunschweigische Bank
| Issuer | Braunschweigische Bank |
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| Year | 1869 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on yellow underprint. Denomination numerals appear at upper left and upper right corners, with a central vignette of the Braunschweigische Bank building rendered in fine line engraving. The lower portion carries the issuing text, date, and two manuscript signatures beneath printed role designations, with the printer's imprint at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 10 ZEHN THALER COURANT zahlt die Braunschweigische Bank dem Inhaber dieser Banknote. Braunschweig, den 1. Januar 1869. Der Regierungs-Commissair: Das Bank-Directorium: Leipzig, Giesecke & Devrient. |
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Giesecke & Devrient produced this note during the brief window between Prussian annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1866 and the formal monetary unification that followed the founding of the German Empire in 1871. The Braunschweigische Bank was one of a dwindling number of regional issuing institutions still operating under the old Thaler system — the Reichsmark would displace it within a few years, making this series short-lived almost by design.
Wilhelm von Kaulbach was a Munich history painter of considerable reputation, not a banknote designer by trade. His involvement suggests the bank was deliberately reaching for cultural prestige at a politically uncertain moment.