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5 Kroner - Haakon VII Government in exile, war notes
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | NORGES BANK 5 FEM FEM KRONER KRIGSSEDDEL KRIGSSEDDEL 1944 1944 IFÖLGE SÆRSKILT FULLMAKT WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON |
| Reverse description | Brown print. The crowned royal cipher of Haakon VII occupies the central field, with the face value in numerals to the right and a clear watermark window to the left. The printer's imprint appears along the lower margin. |
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Norges Bank's London-issue notes were produced under the authority of the Norwegian government-in-exile following the German occupation of Norway in April 1940. The occupying administration had immediately seized control of Norges Bank's Oslo operations, compelling the government to establish parallel currency issuance from Britain to fund Norwegian forces and resistance activities. Waterlow & Sons handled several such exile-government contracts during the war years.
The "B" suffix in the Pick classification distinguishes this from the earlier P#19A, reflecting a printing variation within the same wartime London series.