50 Krónur - Christian IX Landssjóður Íslands
Features
| Issuer |
Iceland
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | National Treasury (Landssjóður Íslands) |
| King |
Christian IX (1863-1906)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1885 (1886) |
| Value | 50 Krónur (50 ISJ) |
| Currency | Old króna (1885-1980) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 165 × 105 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Issued | 21 September 1886 |
| Demonetized | 31 January 1909 |
| Number | N# 364476 |
| References | P# 3 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). Jan Bendix, Flemming Lyngbeck Hansen; 2014. SIEGs Seddelkatalog Danmark 1695-2014. SIEG, Frederikssund, Denmark. |
Series: Landssjóður Íslands, 1st issue
Obverse
Brown pattern on a white background.
Portrait of Christian IX to the left and Icelandic falcon in the bottom.
Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
FIMMTÍU KRÓNUR
Gefinn út samkvæmt lögum 18.septbr.1885. Fyrir landssjód Islands
Designer: Henrik Olrik
Reverse
Brown on white paper.
In the center a sitting Mountain Woman, the personification of Iceland, with a raven on her right shoulder. Possibly one of Odin's two ravens, from Norse mythology. On each side of the woman is the value.
Lettering: 50 50
Watermark
Stylised ÍL for the Landssjóður Íslands
Printer
H.H. Thiele, Copenhagen, DenmarkComments
Laws of issue and recalling:
These notes were printed by the law of 18th of September, 1885.
Withdrawn by law of 30th of January, 1908
Signatures:
According to Siegs Seddelkatalog, 2014, only two of this note is known to exist. One of which is in a privat collection. But same book say 11 signature combinations exists.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1885-Sep-18 (1886) | Both signatures handwritten | ||||||||||||||
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