500 Kroner

€2.00
IssuerDenmark
Year1875-1907
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value500 Kroner (500 DKK)
CurrencyKrone (1873-date)
CompositionPaper
Size185 × 105 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)Obverse: J. Magnus Petersen
Reverse: Nilaus Fristrup
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#A84
Obverse descriptionGreen and black print on white paper. On the top part of the note the value sorrounded by greek patterns. On each side of the note some kind of pillars made with a roman-Greek inspired symbolisme. In the middle of each pillar a window with; to the left Mercury Roman god for commerce with his caduceus underneat. To the right is Neptune, Roman god for the seafaring, with his triton underneat. A version of the lesser coat of arms of Denmark in the middle bottom part, surrounded by the Roman godess for wisdom Minerva to one side and the Roman godess for fertillity Ceres to the other side. In the center of the note, the promis of echange of the note.
Reverse descriptionA green background, with the crowned coat of arms of Denmark in the center. To the each side, facing the coat of arms, a bust of artist Bertel Thorvaldsen and physicist H.C. Ørsted. Value written in top and bottom middle and on each side of the note.
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Protection type
Protection description
Obverse letteringFEM HUNDREDE KRONER Vexles paa Anfodring med Guldmönt Nationalbanken i Kjöbenhavn 1875 NATIONALBANKEN 500 KRONER I KJØBENHAVN
(Translation: 500 Kroner Exchange upon request with goldcoin The Nationalbank in Copenhagen)
Reverse lettering500 500 500 500
VariantsJanuary 2, 1911
Catalog ID8184664210
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