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10 Kroner
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Size | 148 x 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | Red and green note with the Norwegian royal coat of arms — a crowned lion rampant on a red shield — centered as the primary vignette, set within a circular guilloche. The inscription NORGES BANK appears at the top in bold red letterpress, with the denomination numeral 10 flanking both upper corners. The word KRIGSSEDDEL (war note) appears in green letterpress on either side of the central vignette, and TI KRONER is printed in red below. A serial number appears twice, with the year printed in the lower margin alongside a manuscript signature. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by a large central medallion of intricately engraved guilloche work, bearing a crowned royal cipher at its centre, flanked on either side by large numeral 10 denomination figures. The denomination TI KRONER is inscribed in a bold letterpress banner across the lower portion of the note, with the overall design enclosed within a scalloped guilloche border. |
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Norway's government-in-exile operated from London after the German occupation in April 1940, and Norges Bank continued issuing currency from there throughout the war. This 1942 10 Kroner belongs to that London exile series — physically identical in intent to pre-war domestic issues but produced entirely outside occupied Norwegian territory, under British wartime printing conditions.
The notes were stockpiled for reintroduction into Norway following liberation, not circulated in Britain. After 1945, redemption was carefully managed to prevent the Nasjonal Samling-era Reichskommissariat issues from being laundered through the returning exile currency.