50 Speciedaler

Norges Bank established its own printing works in Christiania (Oslo) in 1816, but production of certain high-denomination notes was handled at the Trondheim branch, which maintained independent printing capacity well into the latter half of the century. The paper itself came from Saunders Paper Mill, a British supplier whose watermarked stock was used specifically because domestic Norwegian papermaking could not yet meet the technical standards required for secure currency production.

The speciedaler was abolished in 1875 when Norway joined the Scandinavian Monetary Union and adopted the krone, making any note dated after that year a transitional instrument redeemed almost immediately upon presentation.