Faroe Islands 5 kroner type 1940

Reference:

Pick: #1 , The Banknote Book: B101

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Description

Faroe Islands. National Bank of Denmark. Faroe County (Færø Amt). 1940 WWII Provisional Issues. 5 kroner type 1940. Date: June 1940. Introduction: May 31, 1940. Dimensions: 129 x 71 mm. Watermark: Stylized leaves and 5 Danmarks Nationalbank. Material: Paper. No security thread. Printer: Banknote printing Works. Multicolored front and back printing, predominantly blue, green and pink. Description of the front: Background made up of guilloche shapes. Overprint in red on a 5 kroner banknote from Denmark (Pick # 30): "KUN GYLDIG PAA FAERØERNE, FAERØ AMT, JUNE 1940". Signature printed in red of the Prefect, Carl Aage Hilbert. View of a Stone Age burial site with the Stenvad Dolmen (Djursland). Prefix and numbering in black. Texts in Danish. Description of the back: Coat of arms of Denmark. Background composed of flowers and birch branches.

Banknotes :Danmarks Nationalbank - Faroe County (1940)