Born in Kleinraming, Austria in 1923, the artist studied at the Iron & Steel Processing Technical School (Fachschule für Eisen- und Stahlbearbeitung) in Stern. He produced portraits on various banknotes for the Austrian Central Bank.
Alfred Nefe, who produced portraits for the Swedish Central Bank in the early 1960s, also produced many stamps and became a name well-known to philatelists.
His name, inscribed as “A.NEFE” can be seen on the portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the 6th Emission 50, 100 and 500 Lira banknotes (*42, Sf. 127).
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