Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Kroner Christie-issue
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1901-1944 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue. A crowned bust of a Viking king appears at left, with the national arms at right. Centered within the design is an Olavsrose (Saint Olav's rose) ornamental motif. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | 1901 - 1916 / 1905 - Hansen 1916-1934 - Cederholm 1935-1944 / 1936 - Meldahl-Nielsen |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The design on the reverse is the work of Christian Christie, the Norwegian painter after whom this series is informally named — an unusual distinction, since most Norges Bank note designs of the period were outsourced wholesale to British commercial engravers. Production was split between Bradbury Wilkinson in England and Norges Banks Seddeltrykkeri in Christiania (later Oslo), and examples from the two print sources are not always easy to distinguish without examining paper stock and impression quality closely.
The series ran across three signature combinations over more than four decades, covering the transition from the union with Sweden through the German occupation. Notes issued under the Meldahl-Nielsen signature were still being dated into the early occupation years.