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10 Kroner Christie-issue
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1901-1944 |
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| Currency | Krone (1875-date) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown and yellow, the reverse is centred on a St. Olav's rose vignette, flanked at left by a stylised Viking king figure and at right by the Norwegian coat of arms surmounted by the royal crown. Denomination numerals and bank name inscriptions are arranged within the decorative guilloche border framing the composition. |
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| Variants | P#8a - 1901-1916 / 1903 signature: Hansen P#8b - 1917-1934 signature: Cederholm P#8c - 1935-1944 / 1936 signature: Meldahl-Nielsen |
| Comments |
The "Christie-issue" name refers to Christian Christie, the bank's director who oversaw the series introduction — his involvement in the reverse design is unusual for a sitting bank official and reflects the degree of institutional ownership Norges Bank exercised over its note production during this period. Oluf Wold-Torne, better known as a painter than a banknote designer, contributed the artwork for both faces, an atypical choice that gives the series a noticeably different character from contemporaneous Scandinavian issues.
Production was split between Bradbury Wilkinson in Britain and Norges Bank's own printing works in Oslo, with the transition between printers detectable in minor variations across the 43-year run. Three distinct signature combinations mark the supervisory changes from Hansen through Cederholm to Meldahl-Nielsen.