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5 Krónur - Christian IX Íslands Banki; privat bank issue

5 Krónur - Christian IX (Íslands Banki; privat bank issue) - obverse5 Krónur - Christian IX (Íslands Banki; privat bank issue) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Iceland
Issuing bank Bank of Iceland (Íslandsbanki)
King Christian IX (1863-1906)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Year 1904
Value 5 Krónur (5 ISJ)
Currency Old króna (1885-1980)
Composition Paper
Size 123 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Issued 7 June 1904
Demonetized 30 June 1940
Number
N#
341837
References P# 10
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, SIEG SD# 15
Jan Bendix, Flemming Lyngbeck Hansen; 2014. SIEGs Seddelkatalog Danmark 1695-2014. SIEG, Frederikssund, Denmark.

Series: Íslands Banki, 1st issue

Obverse

Portrait of King Christian IX of Denmark at left.

Crown at top left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Íslands banki
greiðir handhafa gegn seðli þessum
fimm krónur
i gulli.
Reykjavík 1904.

Translation:
The Bank of Iceland
will pay the bearer against this banknote
five krónur
in gold.
Reykavik, 1904.

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Íslands banki
Fimm krónur

Translation:
The Bank of Iceland
Five krónur

Watermark

Parelel lines with JB inbetween

Printer

Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date)

Comments

Law of recalling:

Withdrawn by law of 18th of December, 1939

 

Signatures:

According to Siegs Seddelkatalog 2014, there are known 43 different signature combinations.

All signatures are handwritten.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1904  Signatures: Emil Schou & Sighvatur Bjarnason
1904  Signatures: H. Tofte & Einar Vidar Indridason
1904  Signatures: Hannes Hafstein & Martin H. Bartels
1904  Signatures: Sighvatur Bjarnason & Bjarni Sighvatsson
1904  Signatures: Sighvatur Bjarnason & H. E. Schmidt
1904  Signatures: Sighvatur Bjarnason & Jens E. Waage
1904  Signatures: Sighvatur Bjarnason & Sveinn Hallgrímsson

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