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1000 Krónur Seðlabanki Íslands
| Issuer | Seðlabanki Íslands (Central Bank of Iceland) |
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| Year | 1963-1980 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print on multicolour underprint. A portrait vignette of Jón Sigurðsson is placed at right, with a view of the Parliament House (Alþingishúsið) in Reykjavík rendered at lower centre. Denomination numerals appear in guilloche panels at left and right, with the issuer title and authorising legislation inscribed across the face. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue intaglio, the reverse carries a sweeping panoramic vignette of the Almannagjá rift canyon at Þingvellir, with columnar basalt cliffs flanking a path leading toward Þingvallavatn lake and distant mountains beyond. The bank's circular seal with the Icelandic coat of arms is at lower left, and denomination numerals occupy guilloche panels in the upper left and lower right corners. |
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Bradbury Wilkinson produced this series across a seventeen-year window, an unusually long print run that reflects Iceland's relatively stable monetary conditions through the 1960s and 1970s. The firm's New Malden facility was the dominant supplier to smaller European central banks during this period, and the Icelandic account was one of their more consistent long-term relationships.
Halldór Pétursson's involvement as designer is worth noting — domestic designers working with foreign security printers was not automatic for small-nation issues of this era, and gave the series a more deliberate national character than subcontracted design work typically produced.