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500 Kroner Christie-issue, pattern

Uitgever Norges Bank
Jaar 1900-1901
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Afmetingen 216 × 127 mm
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Beschrijving voorzijde 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.
Opschrift voorzijde NORGES BANK betaler med denne Seddel til Ihændehaveren FEM HUNDREDE KRONER GULD. NORGES BANK FEM HUNDREDE KRONER GULD
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Bradbury Wilkinson produced this pattern at the turn of the century for what would become one of the most scrutinized redesign debates in early Norwegian banking. The Christie-issue name refers to a proposed series that never entered circulation — the Norges Bank ultimately rejected it, leaving surviving specimens as printer's proofs rather than issued notes.

Oluf Wold-Torne, better known as a symbolist painter than a banknote designer, was an unusual choice for the commission. His involvement reflects a broader Scandinavian push in this period to recruit fine artists rather than commercial engravers for state currency work.

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