5 Rigsdaler Courant - Christian VII Backprint on Danish note; blue paper
Features
| Issuer |
Iceland
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Denmark Kurantbanken in Copenhagen (Denmark Kurantbanken i Kjøbenhavn) |
| King |
Christian VII (1766-1808)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1800 |
| Value | 5 Rigsdaler Courant |
| Currency | Rigsdaler courant (1777-1873) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 162 × 105 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | 20 March 1815 |
| Number | N# 364409 |
| References | P# A6 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). Jan Bendix, Flemming Lyngbeck Hansen; 2014. SIEGs Seddelkatalog Danmark 1695-2014. SIEG, Frederikssund, Denmark. Bjørn R. Rønning; 1971. Norges mynter 1628-1873. Universitetsforlaget. Kolbjørn Skaare; 1995. Norges mynthistorie / Bind 2: Katalog- og registerbind: Mynter og utmyntning i 1000 år : Pengesedler i 300 år: Numismatikk i Norge. Bind 2. Universitetsforlaget. |
Obverse
Black print on light blue paper.
Ornate decoration to the left. Promisory text and value. Handwritten signatures in the bottom. Impressed royal coat of arms. Anti counterfeit text to the right
Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
Fem Rigsdaler
Courant.
Naar forlanges, betaler Banquen i Kiöbenhavn
Fem Rigsdaler skriver 5. Rdlr udi Courante Myndt
til den i hænde havende; Imidlertid validere
denne Banco Sedel, saa længe den er til,
for overmelte Fem Rigsdaler, valuta i Banquen annammet Kiöbenhavn.
Translation:
Five Rigsdaler Courant
When demanded, the Bank in Copenhagen will pay five Rigsdaler, written 5 Rigsdaler in Courant coin, to the holder, however this note will be valid for its existence, for the above mentioned five Rigsdaler, currency in the Bank in Copenhagen.
Reverse
Black print on light blue paper.
Icelandic print in a frame.
Script: Latin (cursive)
Lettering: Sheſſi Banco-Sedill geingur fyrir Fim Rikisdaler edur Nyutiu og Sex Skillingu i Danſkri Courant Mynt i Danmörku, Noregi og Fyrſtadæmunum eins og å Islandi.
Comments
This note is the same as the Danish P#A29b with a back print.
These notes were legal tender in the whole Kingdom, but issued for Iceland.
A total of 18 000 were printed.
This note is known with and without C stamp on.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1800 | With C front stamp | ||||||||||||||
| 1800 | Without C front stamp | ||||||||||||||
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