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100 Kroner
| Issuer | Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn |
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| Year | 1875-1887 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | HUNDREDE KRONER Vexles paa Anfodring med Guldmønt Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn 1887 (Translation: 100 Kroner Exchangeable upon request with goldcoin The Nationalbank in Copenhagen) |
| Reverse description | Blue letterpress print on white paper. Denomination numeral at centre and in all four corners against a near-solid guilloche underprint background. Two dolphins in mirror arrangement flank the central value. |
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Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn had held a monopoly on Danish note issue since 1818, but the 1870s series represented a significant redesign effort tied to Denmark's adoption of the Scandinavian Monetary Union in 1873, which pegged the krone to a gold standard shared with Sweden and Norway. This note was part of the transitional emission that replaced the old rigsdaler-denominated issues — one rigsdaler equated to two kroner, so a 100-krone note landed at a substantial purchasing value for the time.
Henrik Olrik was one of Denmark's foremost sculptors and medal designers of the period; his involvement points to a deliberate elevation of the note's artistic ambition beyond routine banknote production.