500 Kroner
Features
| Issuer |
Denmark
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Nationalbank in Copenhagen (1818-1936) (Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn) |
| King |
Christian IX (1863-1906)
Frederick VIII (Frederik VIII) (1906-1912) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 1875-1907 |
| Value | 500 Kroner (500 DKK) |
| Currency | Krone (1873-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 185 × 105 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Issued | 15 May 1875 |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 352224 |
| References | P# A84 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). Jan Bendix, Flemming Lyngbeck Hansen; 2014. SIEGs Seddelkatalog Danmark 1695-2014. SIEG, Frederikssund, Denmark.Leo Hansen; 1983. Danmarks Officielle Pengesedler: 1713 - 1983 = Official Paper Money of the Kingdom of Denmark. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , DNF# 1.4Møntkataloget/Seddelkataloget (https://montkataloget.dk/) |
Series: Kronesedlerne 1st issue
Obverse
Green and black print on white paper.
On the top part of the note the value sorrounded by greek patterns. On each side of the note some kind of pillars made with a roman-Greek inspired symbolisme.
In the middle of each pillar a window with; to the left Mercury Roman god for commerce with his caduceus underneat. To the right is Neptune, Roman god for the seafaring, with his triton underneat.
A version of the lesser coat of arms of Denmark in the middle bottom part, surrounded by the Roman godess for wisdom Minerva to one side and the Roman godess for fertillity Ceres to the other side.
In the center of the note, the promis of echange of the note.
Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
FEM HUNDREDE KRONER
Vexles paa Anfodring med Guldmönt
Nationalbanken i Kjöbenhavn 1875
NATIONALBANKEN 500 KRONER I KJØBENHAVN
Translation:
500 Kroner
Exchange upon request with goldcoin
The Nationalbank in Copenhagen
Designer: Julius Magnus Petersen
Reverse
A green background, with the crowned coat of arms of Denmark in the center.
To the each side, facing the coat of arms, a bust of artist Bertel Thorvaldsen and physicist H.C. Ørsted.
Value written in top and bottom middle and on each side of the note.
Lettering:
500
500 500
500
Designer: Nilaus Fristrup
Signatures
| Georg Christian Engelhart (GCE) | Head of the banknote department |
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| Jacob Christian Jacobsen (JCJ) | Head of the banknote department |
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| Jens Carl Lauritz Jensen (JCLJ) | Head of the banknote department |
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| Viggo Valerius Lange (VVL) | Head of the banknote department |
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Comments
Signatures:
Out of the signatures on these notes, one is unchanged. The left one. The right signature is changing and handwritten.
Design:
This note's design was inspired by the 100 Rigsdaler from 1845 and 1873-1874
Years:
Siegs only mention these years: 1875, 1899, 1903 and 197. But aknowledge the book "Beskrivelse over Danske Mønter, 1448 - 1888" by C. T. Jørgnsen, from 1888, also mention other years. Underneat commented with "Alleged to exist". Non of these are known to exist today though.
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| Date | Signatures | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1875 | GCE | ||||||||||||||
| 1876 | GCE | Alleged to exist | |||||||||||||
| 1877 | GCE | Alleged to exist | |||||||||||||
| 1882 | GCE | Alleged to exist | |||||||||||||
| 1884 | GCE | Alleged to exist | |||||||||||||
| 1885 | GCE | Alleged to exist | |||||||||||||
| 1887 | GCE | Alleged to exist | |||||||||||||
| 1888 | GCE | Alleged to exist | |||||||||||||
| 1899 | JCJ | ||||||||||||||
| 1903 | JCLJ | ||||||||||||||
| 1903 | JCLJ | Overstamped "MAKULATUR" and holed | |||||||||||||
| 1907 | VVL | ||||||||||||||
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