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50 Krónur - Christian IX Íslands Banki, privat bank issue

Issuer Íslands Banki (Bank of Iceland)
Year 1904
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Value 50 Krónur (50 ISJ)
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Obverse description Red underprint with blue and black intaglio print. Portrait of King Christian IX of Denmark appears in a vignette at left, with promissory text and denomination in the central field. A secondary vignette to the right presents an engraved view of the volcano Hekla in eruption, the whole composition enclosed within a guilloche border with denomination repeated in each corner.
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Reverse description Red underprint with blue guilloche patterning. The Icelandic coat of arms appears as a central vignette to the right, with the denomination numerals and text panel to the left, all enclosed within a decorated border.
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