Catalog
10 Krónur Danmarks Nationalbank, first issue
| Issuer | Danmarks Nationalbank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1954-1978 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 10 Krónur |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red and black over a light ground with a red guilloche underprint bearing repeated text reading "FØROYAR" and "TÍGGJU" throughout. At left, an intaglio vignette in fine black engraving presents the Faroese National Coat of Arms — a ram on a shield — while the central letterpress legends read "FØROYAR" above and "TÍGGJUKRÓNUR" below, with the denomination numeral "10" set in ornate cartouches at each corner. Two manuscript signatures with their role designations and a green serial number appear in the lower centre. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Danmarks Nationalbank's first 10 krónur note for the Faroe Islands — issued under the bank's Faroese authority rather than its domestic Danish mandate — served a currency zone that had been formally separated from the Danish krone in 1940, when British occupation of the islands following the German invasion of Denmark made independent monetary management a practical necessity. That wartime administrative quirk became permanent, and this note is a direct product of it.
The series ran for over two decades without redesign, which is longer than most comparable Scandinavian denominations of the period. Heavy circulation wear is typical; surviving high-grade examples are genuinely uncommon.