50 Gulden

Issuer Bavaria, Kingdom of
Year 1866
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 50 Gulden
Currency Gulden (1857-1873)
Composition Paper
Size 159 × 107 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Carl Naumann`s Print Shop (Carl Naumann`s Druckerei), Frankfurt, Prussia (1821-1926)
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Reference(s) P#S153
Obverse description Ornamental frame with five medallions. Top left medallion with allegory of music and painting. Top right medallion with allegory of architecture and sculpture. Top middle medallion with two lions holding royal coat of arms of Bavaria on a crowned embroidered shield, depicting a lion representing the Palatinate, sloping lines with a central bar representing Swabia, three peaks for Franconia, a blue lion for the Counts of Veldenz, and an inner escutcheon with lozenges for Bavaria. In lower left and right medallions, allegorical heads of Bavaria. At the bottom, a rosette with value.
Obverse lettering FUENFZIG 50 GULDEN Fünfzig Gulden SÜDDEUTSCHER WÄHRUNG gemäẞ dem Geſetye vom 4. September 1866. Verſichert auf die Kgl. Baÿer. Staatsfonds und vollgültig bei allen Zahlungen. MÜNCHEN, am 5. September 1866. Kgl. Baÿer. Staats-Schuldentilgungs - Comission. DER VORSTAND: Die Landtagscomissäre: 50
Reverse description Allegorical bust of Bavaria wearing fur and holding oak wreath above her head on a dark etched background in oval medallion. Two rectangular medallions with rounded corners: to the left, allegorical figures of the Danube and Isar; to the right allegorical figures of the Rhine and Main. Four cartouches in the four corners with the value.
Reverse lettering 50 FUENFZIG GULD K B
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Numisquare ID 9836416390
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