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1000 Krónur Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
| Issuer | Central Bank of Iceland |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Weight | 30.00 g |
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| Obverse description | The Icelandic coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting the quartered shield supported by the four Landvættir (guardian spirits): Griðungur the bull, Gammur the eagle, Dreki the dragon, and Bergrisi the giant. The shield is set upon a basalt column base. A circular legend surrounds the design, with the denomination and dual date referencing both the 50th anniversary of the republic and the year of issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | ÁSGEIR ÁSGEIRSSON FORSETI ÍSLANDS 1952-1968 (Translation: Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, president of Iceland 1952-1968) |
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Ásgeir Ásgeirsson served as Iceland's second president from 1952 to 1968, a tenure that overlapped with the country's postwar economic transformation and its 1949 entry into NATO — a deeply contested decision that triggered some of the most violent domestic protests in modern Icelandic history. This commemorative issue appeared well after his death in 1972, part of a broader Icelandic program of silver crowns issued through the 1990s for collector markets rather than circulation.