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100 Krónur Third emergency issue
| Issuer | Løgting (Faroese Parliament) |
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| Year | 1952-1963 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green-black intaglio print on white paper. The denomination numeral '100' and country name 'FØROYAR' appear centrally, with the full legal tender inscription in Faroese running across the note. The design is typographic in character, with the value rendered in large figures flanked by the written denomination 'HUNDRAÐ KRÓNUR'. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 100 FØROYAR HUNDRAÐ KRÓNUR ÚTGIVIN SAMBÆRT LÓG NR. 248 - 12. APRÍL 1949. SUM LÓGLIGT GJALDOYRA Í FØROYUM. |
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The Faroese emergency note series has an unusual origin: when German forces occupied Denmark in April 1940, the British moved quickly to occupy the Faroe Islands, fearing the strategically positioned archipelago would otherwise fall under Axis control. To prevent Danish currency from being used to drain local resources, the Løgting was authorized to overstamp Danish notes — and later to issue its own paper. The "emergency" designation persisted long after the immediate crisis passed, with this third issue running into the early 1960s.
Printed by Danmarks Nationalbank's printing works in Copenhagen — the same facility producing mainland Danish currency — the Faroese notes occupied an ambiguous constitutional position, valid only in the islands and never legal tender in Denmark proper.