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50 Kroner
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1966-1983 |
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| Value | 50 Kroner (50 NOK) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson (1832–1910), Norwegian author and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (1903), also credited with the lyrics of the Norwegian National Anthem, occupies the right portion of the note. At centre, the Norwegian Coat of Arms displays a lion rampant bearing the axe of Saint Olaf (King Olaf II), symbolising royal descent from the Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae. The denomination is rendered in large lettering at centre, repeated in numerals at upper left and lower right, and in words at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | NORGES BANK 50 BORGUND STAVKIRKE FEMTI KRONER FEMTI KRONER |
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The print date of 30 April 1945 is striking: that is the day Adolf Hitler died in Berlin, and just days before Norway's liberation on 8 May. Norges Bank had been preparing replacement currency well in advance of liberation — the occupation-era notes issued under German control needed to be retired quickly, and having plates and stock ready was a deliberate policy. The P#37 series was issued against that backdrop, though it circulated for nearly two decades afterward.
The progressive addition of a security thread — visible in the split between the 1973 and 1974 dated signatures of Wold & Ødegaard — is one of the more useful dating markers in Norwegian postwar paper money collecting.