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5 Thalers Courant
| Issuer | Preußische Bank |
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| Year | 1856 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Blue decorative border frames all four sides, with the denomination numeral repeated in each corner. At top centre, a heraldic shield bearing the combined arms of the Prussian provinces is supported by two allegorical figures flanking either side. Tall foliate branch vignettes occupy the left and right fields, extending the full height between the upper and lower borders. |
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| Reverse description | Blue decorative border frames all four sides, with the denomination repeated in mirror image in each corner. A Prussian eagle appears as a central underprint, flanked on either side by a single allegorical figure. A handwritten signature appears at the bottom centre, with the series designation inscribed along the left border and the note number along the right border. |
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The Preußische Bank was itself a transitional institution — established in 1847 as the successor to the Königliche Hauptbank, it operated under close state supervision until the founding of the Reichsbank in 1876 absorbed it entirely. This 1856 note predates the unification of German currency under the Thaler standard's final years; the Courant designation distinguished these notes from the older Prussian Courant coinage system, anchoring face value to a specific silver weight convention that would itself be abolished within two decades.
The Staatsdruckerei in Berlin had been printing official securities since the early nineteenth century, and by the 1850s its intaglio work was technically accomplished. Surviving examples of this series frequently show ink offset on the reverse from storage.