Ornate decoration to the left. Promisory text and value. Handwritten signatures. Impressed royal coat of arms. Anti counterfeit text to the right.
Reverse description
Icelandic overprint
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 demanding the bank in Copenahgen pays one Rigsdaler, written 5 Rigsdaler Courant coin to the owner; In the mean time garuntee this banknote, as long as it is existing, for one Rigsdaler, currency in the bank Copenhagen Anno 1779)
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.
