Portrait based on a painting by Albrecht Dürer. The identity of the portayed person is disputed: either Hans Imhof, merchant city councillor of Nuremberg or the patrician Willibald Pirckheimer also of Nuremberg.
Reverse description
Same portrait as on the obverse with additional harbour scene
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Facial features of the portrait
Obverse lettering
Banknote über
50
Fünfzig
DEUTSCHE MARK
BANK DEUTSCHER LÄNDER
FRANKFURT AM MAIN 9.12.1948
Reverse lettering
50
Fünfzig
50
Fünfzig
DEUTSCHE MARK
WER BANKNOTEN NACHMACHT ODER VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHGEMACHTE ODER
VERFÄLSCHTE SICH VERESCHAFFT UND IN VERKEHR BRINGT, WIRD MIT
ZUCHTHAUS NICHT UNTER ZWEI JAHREN BESTRAFT (Translation: 50 Fifty DEUTSCHE MARK ANYONE WHO COUNTERFEITS OR FALSIFIES BANKNOTES OR PROCURES COUNTERFEIT OR FALSIFIED BANKNOTES AND BRINGS THEM INTO CIRCULATION WILL BE PUNISHED WITH NO LESS THAN TWO YEARS IN PRISON)
Variants
There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint "in silver" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.
