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50 Rigsbankdaler Rigsbanken
| Issuer | Rigsbanken |
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| Year | 1813 |
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| Value | 50 Rigsbankdaler |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on white paper within an ornamental border frame. The denomination "50" and the value inscription appear at the top centre, with the promissory text occupying the central field. Two signatures appear at the bottom, with an additional signature to the right, and the serial number is positioned at the lower centre within the frame. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, unprinted reverse. |
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Rigsbanken was itself a product of crisis — it was established in 1813 specifically because the existing Kongelige Danske Kurant Sedler system had collapsed under the weight of war financing and the 1807 British bombardment of Copenhagen, which had devastated Danish trade and state revenues. The bank was founded with forced loans extracted from property owners across the kingdom, an arrangement deeply resented and never forgotten.
Notes of this denomination circulating in 1813 did so against a backdrop of active state bankruptcy — Denmark formally declared insolvency that same year. Redemption at face value was not a realistic expectation for most holders.