Black print on light blue paper. Ornate decoration to the left. Promisory text and value. Handwritten signatures in the bottom. Impressed royal coat of arms. Anti counterfeit text to the right
Reverse description
Black print on light blue paper. Icelandic print in a frame.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
Fem Rigsdaler
Courant.
Naar forlanges, betaler Banquen i Kiöbenhavn
Fem Rigsdaler skriver 5. Rdlr udi Courante Myndt
til den i hænde havende; Imidlertid validere
denne Banco Sedel, saa længe den er til,
for overmelte Fem Rigsdaler, valuta i Banquen annammet
Kiöbenhavn. (Translation: Five Rigsdaler Courant When demanded, the Bank in Copenhagen will pay five Rigsdaler, written 5 Rigsdaler in Courant coin, to the holder, however this note will be valid for its existence, for the above mentioned five Rigsdaler, currency in the Bank in Copenhagen.)
Reverse lettering
Sheffi
Banco-Sedill geingur fyrir Fim Rikisdaler edur Nyutiu og Sex
Skillingu i Danskri Courant Mynt i Danmörku, Noregi og
Fyrstadæmunum eins og å Islandi.