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10 Kroner Heilmann type III, overprint, handwritten signature

Issuer Faroe County (Færø Amt)
Year 1940
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Size 130 × 80 mm
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Obverse lettering DANMARK TI KRONER NATIONALBANKENS SEDLER INDLØSES MED GULD EFTER GÆLDENDE LOV
Overprint: Kun gyldig paa Færøerne Færø Amt, Juni 1940. Hilbert
(Translation: Only valid on the Faroe Islands, Faroe County, June 1940)
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Signature(s) Hilbert
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When Germany occupied Denmark in April 1940, the Faroe Islands were simultaneously occupied by Britain — making the islands a monetary anomaly almost overnight. Danish banknotes were still technically valid, but new supplies from Copenhagen were cut off. The solution was improvised: existing Danish 10-kroner notes were overprinted and put into circulation under the authority of Færø Amt, the county administration, to function as a distinct local currency for the duration of the British occupation.

The Hilbert signature is handwritten, not printed — each note signed individually by the county official. That detail alone tells you how small the operation was.

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