Monday, January 23, 2012

Iceland P-48

ICELAND
Icelandic krona (ISK)

P-48a(2)
Value: 10 kronur
Issued by: Sedlabank Islands
Date of Issue: 1981 (under Law No. 10, 29 March 1961)

Features
Obverse:
Arngrimur Jonsson the Learned (1568-1848), Icelandic scholar and apologist. 

 Reverse:
Old Icelandic household scene based on Auguste Mayer's drawing in Gaimard's Voyage de Islande; pictures of a jug, bowl, and artefacts connected with the head gear of the national costume. 

Watermark: Jon Sigurdsson 
Signatures: D. Olafsson; J. Nordal 

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