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500 Kroner 'Firben' Painting and Animal
| Issuer | Danmarks Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1972-1988 |
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| Value | 500 Kroner |
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| Reverse lettering | DANMARKS NATIONALBANK 500 500 FEMHUNDREDE/500 KRONER SERIE 1972 Udstedt i henhold til lov af 7. April 1936 (Translation: Nationalbank of Denmark Five hundred Kroner Serie 1972 Issued according to Law of 7th April 1936) |
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| Variants | P#52a - 1972 signatures: Sunesen & Valeur P#52b(1) - 1976 signatures: Hoffmeyer & Valeur P#52b(2) - 1976 signatures: Sunesen & Valeur P#52c(1) - 1980 signatures: Hoffmeyer & Billestrup P#52c(2) - 1980 signatures: S. Andersen & Billestrup P#52d(1) - 1988 signatures: Hoffmeyer & Herly P#52d(2) - 1988 signatures: Mikkelsen & Herly P#52d(3) - 1988 signatures: Thomasen & Herly |
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The 9th series of Danish notes, to which this 500 kroner belongs, was designed by Ib Andersen and introduced from 1952 onward — making it one of the longer-lived series in the bank's modern history, with this denomination remaining in circulation across nearly four decades and seven distinct signature combinations. That range of signatories reflects successive changes in the Nationalbank's leadership, and specialists use the pairings as the primary tool for dating individual examples within the series.
The "Firben" nickname — Danish for lizard — comes from the animal motif in the design, a peculiar choice that gave the highest everyday denomination a decidedly informal handle among the Danish public.