100 Kroner 1st version: No zigzag in watermark

€371,712.00
IssuerDenmark
Year1888-1902
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value100 Kroner (100 DKK)
CurrencyKrone (1873-date)
CompositionPaper
Size162 × 105 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)Henrik Olrik
Engraver(s)
In circulation to31 May 1912
Reference(s) P#4
Obverse descriptionGreen print on white paper. In the center, a partially naked woman holding a banner with the bank`s name over her head. Likewise, she`s wrapped in a banner with the value written out. In an arc behind her, the value and promissory text. Surrounded by flowers and dolphins. In the bottom the serial number and a head of a faun.
Reverse descriptionGreen print on white paper. In the top middle, the Danish crowned coat of arms. In the bottom, two big windows with the watermarks and bank name on sashes in an X shape in between. On top of the left window, a water nymph with a hand resting on an anchor and typha in the background. On the right window sits Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, with grain neg in her hands. In the background, wheat.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionProfiles of Ceres and Mercury looking in different directions
Obverse lettering100 100 NATIONALBANKEN I KJØBENHAVN Hundrede Kroner HUNDREDE KRONER VEXLES PAA ANFODRING MED GULMØNT 100 100
(Translation: National bank in Copenhagen A Hundred Kroner Exchangeable upon request with a gold coin)
Reverse lettering100 100 NATIONALBANKEN I KJØBENHAVN 100 100
(Translation: National bank in Copenhagen)
Variants
Catalog ID8045401180
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