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| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1940-1950 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print over a red guilloche underprint on a light ground with embedded coloured fibres. The left panel carries a diamond-shaped guilloche vignette with the large numeral '2' at centre, flanked by the date above and the serial number below. The right panel bears the bold issuer legend 'NORGES BANK' at the top, with the denomination 'TO KRONER' set within a radiating guilloche rosette at centre right, accompanied by a manuscript signature and the title 'HOVEDKASSERER' beneath. Repeating '2 KR' medallions form a decorative border along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red on a plain light paper with embedded coloured security fibres. The design consists of a large central guilloche rosette of concentric scalloped bands, within which the numeral '2' appears in the upper portion and the inscription 'KRONER' is set across the lower portion of the cartouche. No other design elements are present. |
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| Signature(s) | Meldahl-Nielsen 1940 (prefix A) 1941 (prefix A) 1941 (prefix B) 1942 (prefix B) 1943 (prefix C) 1944 (prefix C)* 1944 (prefix D)* 1945 (prefix D) * not listed in catalog Meldahl-Nielsen 1943 (prefix B) Meldahl-Nielsen 1945 (prefix E) Thorp 1946-1950 |
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