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50 Krónur - Frederik VIII Landssjóður Íslands
| Issuer | Landssjóður Íslands (Treasury of Iceland) |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Value | 50 Krónur (50 ISJ) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow and blue-grey underprint on white paper, with the denomination value numerals at upper corners and along the lower edge. A portrait vignette of King Frederik VIII occupies the left portion within an ornate frame, with the denomination inscribed beneath. The central field carries the promissory text in Icelandic within a guilloche-bordered panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | FIMMTÍU KRÓNUR SAMKVÆMT LÖGUM 18 SEPT. 1885 OG 12 JAN. 1900. FYRIR LANDSSJÓD ÍSLANDS. |
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Landssjóður Íslands — Iceland's national treasury rather than a central bank — issued this note under Danish sovereignty, a political arrangement that shaped the entire series. The 1907 notes were designed by Henrik Olrik and Gerhard Heilmann, both Danish, and printed by H.H. Thiele in Copenhagen; Iceland had no domestic printing capacity remotely suited to banknote production at the time.
Pick 6 is among the earliest Icelandic paper money issues and survives in very small numbers. The series preceded the establishment of Landsbanki Íslands as the principal note-issuing authority by only a few years, making these treasury notes a brief transitional type.