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50 Kroner Christie-issue, pattern
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1900-1901 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of statesman Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, secretary of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly and president of the National Assembly of Norway, at left. Denomination stated at right. Legends in Norwegian across the note face. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Eidsvoll building in Akershus municipality. A Viking figure appears at left and the national coat of arms of Norway at right, surrounded by the heraldic arms of the Norwegian diocesan towns: Christiania, Bergen, Hamar, Trondheim, Kristiansand, and Tromsø. |
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Bradbury Wilkinson produced this pattern note around the turn of the century as part of a broader design competition or tender process for Norges Bank — the "Christie-issue" designation refers to the proposed series rather than a circulating type, and no examples of this design entered production. Wold-Torne, primarily known as a Norwegian symbolist painter, was an unusual choice to drive a banknote design; his involvement likely reflects the nationalistic cultural mood following the dissolution pressures on the Swedish-Norwegian union, which would finalize in 1905.
Pattern notes from Bradbury Wilkinson rarely surface outside institutional collections.