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100 Kroner Varius Heilmann types, overprint
| Issuer | Faroe County (Færø Amt) |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the Danish National Coat of Arms enclosed within elaborate decorative scrollwork, flanked on each side by a merman rising from stylized waves and holding a seaweed garland. The entire composition is executed in a classical intaglio engraved style with fine line work throughout the decorative border and background. |
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| Variants | P#5a - overprint on DENMARK P-23 P#5b - overprint on DENMARK P-28 P#5c - overprint on DENMARK P-33 |
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When Germany occupied Denmark in April 1940, the Faroese authorities faced an immediate practical problem: the islands were under British protection from that same month, and Danish banknotes were suddenly unusable for trade with the occupying British forces. The solution was to overstamp existing Danish notes — specifically Nationalbanken 100 Kroner notes — with a Faroese government stamp, effectively creating a distinct local currency almost overnight.
Pick 5 encompasses several distinct overprint types applied to different Heilmann-designed host notes, which is why the "Varius" designation exists — collectors are effectively chasing multiple varieties within a single catalog number. The overprint itself, not the underlying note, is the object of interest here.