23/6/2020 Banknotes 1945-1955 (Series III)

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Banknotes 1945-1955 (Series III)

This series is usually referred to as the "replacement notes" and entered into
circulation on 9 September 1945.

Design work was initiated in 1944 and had to take place in secrecy. The series was intended to be
emergency banknotes that could be produced quickly and that would be replaced as soon as
possible by notes of higher artistic quality and technical standards. There was no 500-krone note in
this series.

5-krone note
Issued 1945-55. No longer valid from 13 July 1999. Number issued: 109 000 000. Size: 127 x 72
mm.

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Obverse: At left, a vignette with the coat of arms of Norway surmounted by the royal crown.

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Reverse: In the centre, a vignette with the numerical denomination, flanked on both sides by the
text NORGES BANK.

10-krone note
Issued 1945-54. No longer valid from 13 July 1999. Number issued: 228 700 000. Size: 127 x 72
mm.

Obverse: At left, a vignette with the coat of arms of Norway surmounted by the royal crown.

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Reverse: Vignette with the numerical denomination.

50-krone note
Issued 1945-51. No longer valid from 13 July 1999. Number issued: 17 720 000. Size: 144 x 127
mm.

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Obverse: At left, a vignette with the coat of arms of Norway surmounted by the royal crown.

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Reverse: In the centre, a vignette with the text NORGES BANK.

100-krone note
Issued 1945-50. No longer valid from 13 July 1999. Number issued: 21 050 000. Size: 144 x 127
mm.

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Obverse: At left, a vignette with the coat of arms of Norway surmounted by the royal crown.

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Reverse: In the centre, a vignette with the numerical denomination, flanked on both sides by the
text NORGES BANK.

1000-krone note
Issued 1945-49. No longer valid from 13 July 1999. Number issued: 504 000. Size: 216 x 127 mm.

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Obverse: President of the Storting W.F.K. Christie at left, Admiral Tordenskiold at right (as in Series
II, but the word GULD, i.e. GOLD, has been printed over).

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Reverse: In the centre, the Nidaros Cathedral, at left, a stylised Viking king and at right, the coat of
arms of Norway surmounted by the royal crown, ringed by the arms of the diocesan towns (see also
1000-krone note in Series I).

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