50 Krónur - Frederik VIII Landssjóður Íslands

€364,492.00
IssuerIceland
Year1907
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value50 Krónur (50 ISJ)
CurrencyOld króna (1885-1980)
CompositionPaper
Size149 × 95 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterH.H. Thiele, Copenhagen, Denmark
No. printed
Designer(s)Designers: Henrik Olrik, Gerhard Heilmann
Engraver(s)
In circulation to30 June 1939
Reference(s) P#6
Obverse descriptionYellow and blue-grey pattern on a white background. Center text within a frame. Portrait of Frederik VIII to the left with values underneat. The rest of the note is filled with value in the top andpromissory text to the center.
Reverse descriptionGrey-blue and white print on white paper. In the center a sitting Mountain Woman, the personification of Iceland, with an Icelandic falcon on her right shoulder, with value written out above and bank name belov. Value in ornate circels in the top half to the sides of the falcon.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionStylised LÍ for the Landssjóður Íslands
Obverse letteringFIMMTÍU KRÓNUR SAMKVÆMT LÖGUM 18 SEPT. 1885 OG 12 JAN. 1900. FYRIR LANDSSJÓD ÍSLANDS.
Reverse letteringFIMMTÍU KRÓNUR LANDSBANKINN
(Translation: 50 Krónur The National Bank)
Variants
Catalog ID8183666640
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