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10 Kroner Portrait and Landscape. Type 2, small watermark
| Issuer | Danmarks Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1950-1956 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, an intaglio-engraved portrait of Hans Christian Andersen faces slightly right, his name inscribed below the vignette. The bold numeral '10' dominates the centre over a fine guilloche underprint, with a red serial number to its left; at right, a secondary vignette illustrates storks nesting on a rooftop. 'DANMARK' arches across the top in heavy letterpress capitals, while 'TI KRONER' appears in large letters along the lower panel. |
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| Reverse description | A central landscape vignette, drawn and engraved by Ib Andersen, presents Egeskov Windmill at Kværndrup on southern Funen within a rural setting, rendered in fine intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint. Decorative guilloche borders frame the composition on all sides. The denomination numeral '10' is repeated in each corner. |
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Waterlow & Sons held the Danish contract through the early postwar years, producing this series in London while Denmark rebuilt its domestic financial infrastructure. The "Type 2" designation distinguishes it from the earlier variant by a reduced watermark size — a revision introduced partway through the run, likely in response to counterfeiting concerns that were circulating through European central banking circles at the time, though the exact trigger is not publicly documented.
Ib Andersen was one of Denmark's foremost graphic artists of the period; his involvement was unusual for a note printer with Waterlow's volume output and house style preferences.