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5 Kroner - Haakon VII Government in exile, exchangenotes
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Printer | Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Norwegian diplomat and explorer Fridtjof Nansen |
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Norges Bank's wartime government-in-exile operated from London after the German occupation of Norway in April 1940, and this 1942 note was produced by Waterlow & Sons as part of a series intended to back a post-liberation monetary settlement rather than circulate freely under occupation. The notes were held in reserve in Britain and issued primarily as exchange instruments — a parallel currency infrastructure maintained against the day of liberation.
Waterlow had deep experience printing currency for governments in exile; they produced notes for several occupied European states during the same period. The P#19A designation distinguishes this from related variants in the exile series.