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100 Kroner 1948-1976, Wergeland & Logging
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1949-1962 |
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| Value | 100 Kroner (100 NOK) |
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| Obverse lettering | NORGES BANK HUNDRE 100 KRONER 100 100 |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 HUNDRE KRONER NORGES BANK |
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Norges Banks Seddeltrykkeri had been printing domestically since the 1820s, but the postwar series to which this note belongs marked a deliberate reassertion of Norwegian institutional identity after the German occupation. Arnstein Arneberg — better known as the architect who co-designed Oslo City Hall — brought a monumental sensibility to the design commission, an unusual crossover between the architectural and numismatic worlds.
The signature progression across prefixes A through I spans four governor-era transitions over thirteen years, making this a useful documentary record of Norges Bank's senior personnel through the reconstruction and early social-democratic consolidation period. Brofoss in particular was a heavyweight: Erik Brofoss had previously served as Minister of Finance before moving to the bank's governorship in 1954.