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5 Kroner 'Fem spir' Portrait and Landscape
| Issuer | Danmarks Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1950-1960 |
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| Size | 125 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on white paper. A portrait vignette of Bertel Thorvaldsen occupies the left portion of the note, with a vignette of The Three Graces statue to the right. The central field carries the denomination value, framed above and below by ornate decorative guilloche borders. |
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| Signature(s) | 1952 / prefix A0-A1 - Haugen-Johansen & Riim 1952 / prefix A2 / with dot after "7" in law date - Haugen-Johansen & Riim 1952 / prefix A2 / without dot after "7" in law date - Haugen-Johansen & Riim 1952 / prefix A3 - Haugen-Johansen & Riim 1954 / prefix A3-A5 - Nielsen & Riim 1954 / prefix A6 - Jepsen & Riim 1955 / prefix A7 & A8 - Nielsen & Riim 1955 / prefix A7 & A8 - Jepsen & Riim 1955 / prefix B0 - Haugen-Johansen & Riim 1955 / prefix B1 - Haugen-Johansen & Riim 1956 / prefix B2-B3 - Hartogsohn & Riim 1956 / prefix B2-B3 - Nielsen & Riim 1957 / prefix B4-B6 - Nielsen & Riim 1957 / prefix B4-B6 - Haugen-Johansen & Riim 1957 / prefix B4-B6 - Hartogsohn & Riim 1959 / prefix C1 - Nielsen & Riim 1959 / prefix C1 - Sunesen & Riim 1960 / prefix C3 - Nielsen & Riim 1960 / prefix C3 - Hartogsohn & Riim 1950 / prefix B1 - Haugen-Johansen & Riim Replacement note with suffix 0J 1950 / prefix B6 - Hartogsohn & Riim Replacement note with suffix 0J 1960 / prefix C4 - Nielsen & Riim |
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The "Fem spir" — five spires — nickname refers to the reverse design by Ib Andersen, a departure from the heavily allegorical imagery that dominated earlier Danish issues. Gunnar Biilmann Petersen handled the obverse; both were prominent figures in mid-century Danish commercial art rather than specialist banknote engravers, which gives the series an unusually graphic quality for the period. Waterlow & Sons printed the run from London throughout the decade.
The signature and prefix matrix here is genuinely complex. The dot-after-"7" variant in the law date on prefix A2 is a known printing inconsistency rather than a deliberate revision. Replacement notes are identifiable by the "0J" suffix — the 1950-dated B1 and B6 prefix replacements are the scarcer finds in the series.