Catalog
10 Krónur
| Issuer | Seðlabanki Íslands (Central Bank of Iceland) |
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| Year | 1981-1986 |
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| Value | 10 Krónur (10 ISK) |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Arngrímur Jónsson lærði 10 1568-1648 TÍU KRÓNUR SEÐLABANKI ÍSLANDS (Translation: Arngrímur Jónsson the learned Ten Crowns) |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue intaglio on white paper, the reverse carries two vignettes: at left, a traditional Icelandic domestic interior scene with several figures engaged in reading and needlework around a central seated reader; at right, a standing figure in conversation with a seated woman. The lower foreground displays carved wooden household objects, a decorated chest, a barrel, and traditional ceramics, with the denomination numeral '10' at lower left and upper right. |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed this series for Iceland through much of the postwar period, and by the time P#48 entered circulation the partnership was well-established — the New Malden press had handled Icelandic currency commissions since at least the 1960s. The dual designer credit, pairing local artist Kristín Þorkelsdóttir with Bradbury Wilkinson's in-house engraver Stephen Alan Fairbairn, was a common arrangement: Icelandic cultural input on imagery, British technical execution on the plate.
The watermark is the sole security feature, modest even by the standards of the era.