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500 Kroner Christie-issue
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1901-1944 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on a pale ground with elaborate guilloche underprint and ornate scrollwork border. At left, an oval vignette contains a portrait of Stortingspresident Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie in three-quarter view, set within a decorative frame. The denomination numeral 500 appears in each corner, with a large rosette vignette at right bearing the value numerals, and the issuer name and denomination legend in bold letterpress across the upper centre field. |
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| Obverse lettering | NORGES BANK betaler med denne Seddel til Ihændehaveren FEM HUNDREDE KRONER GULD. |
| Reverse description | Multicolour print combining blue, red, and green with a black intaglio centre vignette of Akershus Castle, the medieval fortress in Oslo, set within an elaborate guilloche frame. To the left of the central vignette appears the head of a Viking king, while to the right the Royal Arms of Norway are surrounded by the arms of the six Norwegian bishoprics: Christiania, Bergen, Hamar, Trondheim, Kristiansand, and Tromsø. The denomination is repeated in full across the upper and lower panels within ornate scrollwork borders. |
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