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100 Kroner Heilmann type I
| Issuer | Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn |
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| Year | 1910-1928 |
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| In circulation to | 26 July 1945 |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio print on plain paper. The central panel carries the denomination and issuer legends within an ornamental frame of stylised dolphins arranged in symmetrical guilloche-style vignettes, with two manuscript signatures and a handwritten date below the central text block. The serial number is printed twice, one occurrence at each margin. |
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| Protection description | Oak leaf branches watermark along the lower margin; dark arch watermark with light text reading NATIONALBANKEN/I KJØBENHAVN; floral corner watermarks in the upper corners beneath which the numeral 100 appears in dark tone with light shadow. |
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Gerhard Heilmann was primarily known as an ornithologist — his 1926 work on the origin of birds remains a landmark in paleontology — which makes his role designing this series something of an aside in his own biography. Nationalbanken commissioned him in the early twentieth century as part of a broader effort to move Danish currency toward a more coherent aesthetic, and the resulting type held through nearly two decades of issue.
Notes from the earlier dates in this window circulated through the disruptions of the First World War, when Denmark's neutral status created unusual cross-border currency pressures with both Germany and Britain.