50 Kroner

Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn issued this series under the National Bank Act of 1818, which gave the institution its monopoly on note issuance — a privilege it had fought to defend against repeated political pressure throughout the mid-nineteenth century. The 1875–1881 dating reflects a relatively short issuing window, and surviving examples are uncommon, particularly in circulated grades, as large-denomination notes in late nineteenth-century Denmark moved through relatively few hands before being returned to the bank.

Magnus Petersen was a prominent Danish antiquarian artist, better known for his work documenting medieval church frescoes. His involvement in banknote design was a deliberate institutional choice toward scholarly respectability rather than purely decorative engraving.