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1000 Krónur Type 2, thick security thread, enhanced security features
| Issuer | Landsbanki Føroya (Bank of the Faroe Islands) |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Reference(s) | P#33 |
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| Reverse description | A panoramic watercolour-style vignette extends across the full width of the note, rendering the coastal landscape of the island of Sandoy in muted tones of rose, grey, and white, with rocky outcrops in the middle distance and a row of oystercatchers along the lower shoreline. At upper centre, a rose guilloche panel carries the intaglio numeral '1000', with a matching decorative panel at lower right and a quatrefoil roundel at upper right. The issuer's name and statutory legend are inscribed in intaglio across the upper register. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The 2011 upgrade to this denomination was driven by the Faroese decision to bring the 1000 króna note into line with revised European security standards — the thick thread variant replaced the earlier thin-thread version of essentially the same design, which had circulated since 2004. Zacharias Heinesen designed the underlying artwork, and the series is notable for being one of the few currency programs of a non-sovereign territory to commission original fine-art designs rather than repurposing existing iconography.
At just over 12 million printed by De La Rue, the run was substantial for a population of under 50,000 — most of this note's working life was in tourist-adjacent retail and inter-island commerce rather than everyday pocket use.