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5 Krónur - Christian X Ríkissjóður Íslands
| Issuer | Ríkissjóður Íslands (Icelandic State Treasury) |
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| Year | 1925-1928 |
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| Printer | Danmarks Nationalbanks Seddeltrykkerier, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 FIMM KRÓNUR FYRIR RÍKISSJÓÐ ÍSLANDS [serial number twice] [two signatures] (Translation: Five Krónur For the State Treasury of Iceland) |
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| Reverse lettering | FIMM KRÓNUR 5 5 LANDSBANKINN (Translation: Five Krónur National Bank) |
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Iceland's State Treasury issued this note rather than a central bank because Iceland had none — the Central Bank of Iceland (Seðlabanki Íslands) wasn't established until 1961. Treasury-issued currency was the institutional reality for decades, and Danish printing houses did the technical work throughout that period.
Gerhard Heilmann was a Danish designer and ornithologist — genuinely more famous for his 1926 book on the origin of birds than for banknote work. His involvement with this series is one of the odder professional footnotes in Scandinavian printing history.