Catalog
10 Krónur Seðlabanki Íslands
| Issuer | Seðlabanki Íslands (Central Bank of Iceland) |
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| Year | 1966-1969 |
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| Currency | Old króna (1885-1980) |
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| Reverse lettering | REYKJAVÍKURHÖFN SEÐLABANKI ÍSLANDS (Translation: Reykjavik Harbour / Central Bank of Iceland) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Seðlabanki Íslands was established in 1961, replacing the Landsbanki Íslands as Iceland's central bank and note-issuing authority. This 10 Krónur note belongs to the bank's first independently issued series, with Bradbury Wilkinson handling production — a firm that printed for dozens of governments in the postwar decades from their New Malden facility. Halldór Pétursson's involvement as designer marks one of the few instances of a domestically credited designer on Icelandic notes of this period.
The series ran across a three-year window as Iceland's economy was navigating persistent inflationary pressure, and the 10 Krónur denomination would be rendered functionally obsolete within a decade by the 1981 monetary reform, which rebased the króna at 100:1.