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1000 Krónur Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
| Issuer | Central Bank of Iceland |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 1000 Krónur |
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| Reverse description | A right-facing bust portrait of Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, President of Iceland from 1952 to 1968, rendered in low relief with fine detail to the facial features and hair. The effigy is unadorned and presented in a restrained, classical style consistent with mid-twentieth century Scandinavian commemorative coinage. The circular legend arcs around the upper and right periphery of the field, identifying the subject by name and office, with his presidential term dates completing the inscription at lower right. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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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.