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10 Kroner Portrait and Landscape. Type 3, large watermark
| Issuer | Danmarks Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1954-1957 |
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| Currency | Krone (1873-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | DANMARK 10 DANMARKS NATIONALBANK TI KRONER UDSTEDT I HENHOLD TIL LOV AF 7. APRIL 1936 (Translation: Denmark 10 Nationalbank of Denmark Ten Kroner Issued under the law of 7th of April 1936) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a detailed landscape vignette of Egeskov Windmill at Kværndrup, southern Funen, drawn by Ib Andersen and rendered in intaglio engraving. The mill and its rural surroundings occupy the central field, framed by guilloche patterned borders. The issuer name and denomination numerals appear in the surrounding margins. |
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The Portrait and Landscape series was introduced in the late 1940s as a deliberate reassertion of Danish visual identity following the German occupation — Ib Andersen, one of Denmark's foremost graphic artists, was commissioned specifically to move away from the austere wartime aesthetic. The Type 3 distinction within this series refers to the larger watermark format adopted mid-run, a modification introduced to counter counterfeiting concerns that had emerged with earlier printings.
P#44 represents a relatively narrow issue window. Notes from the tail end of this type were withdrawn as the series was progressively retired through the late 1950s.