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500 Kroner Christie-issue, pattern
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1900-1901 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue-green intaglio on a beige guilloche underprint. At left, an oval intaglio vignette contains a portrait of Stortingspresident W.F.K. Christie, rendered in fine line engraving with a decorative guilloche border. To the right, a large ornamental rosette vignette carries the numeral '500' in bold, flanked by four corner cartouches each bearing the denomination numeral. Elaborate acanthus-scroll and interlaced borders frame the entire note, with the issuer name and denomination legend occupying the upper central field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central intaglio vignette of Akershus Castle set within an elaborate architectural and heraldic composition. To the left of the castle, an engraved head of a Viking king is positioned, while to the right the royal arms of Norway are surrounded by the coats of arms of the six Norwegian bishoprics — Christiania, Bergen, Hamar, Trondheim, Kristiansand, and Tromsø — arranged in a decorative frieze. The composition is enclosed within ornate scroll and interlace borders consistent with the obverse design. |
| Reverse lettering | NORGES BANK 500 500 FEM HUNDREDE KRONER FEM HUNDREDE KRONER |
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