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1 Króna Skillemønt type III; blue colour
| Issuer | Ríkissjóður Íslands (Icelandic State Treasury) |
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| Year | 1941 (1941-1947) |
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| Size | 110 x 63 mm |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress print. The central vignette presents the Icelandic Royal Coat of Arms (1919 version), with the crowned shield supported by a lion and a figure in traditional dress, enclosed within an oval guilloche frame. Numeral "1" appears in circular guilloche cartouches to the left and right, surrounded by foliate scrollwork. |
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| Signature(s) | Jakob Möller |
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Iceland's wartime occupation by British forces in May 1940 severed routine contact with Denmark and created immediate pressure on the domestic money supply. The Ríkissjóður responded by printing small denomination notes locally at Gutenberg Trykkeri rather than waiting on foreign printers — a practical decision that distinguishes this series from the pre-war Icelandic issues produced abroad. Gutenberg was a commercial press, not a security printer, and the notes reflect that origin in their relatively modest production values.
Jakob Möller's signature as Finance Minister places the earliest examples firmly in the wartime administrative period. The type III designation differentiates this from earlier colour variants within the same basic design lineage.