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5 Kroner Allied High Command
| Issuer | Allied High Command |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Currency | Krone (1873-date) |
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| Obverse description | Blue-green letterpress print on green underprint. Central guilloche vignette with ornate scrollwork frames the large denomination text "FEM" flanked by "KRONER" on each side. Header inscription "UDSTEDT AF DEN ALLIEREDE OVERKOMMANDO / TIL BRUG I DANMARK" appears at top, with numeral 5 and "KRONER" repeated at corners. |
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| Reverse description | Blue on lilac underprint. Central panel bears large text "FEM / KRONER" flanked by two diamond-shaped vignettes each enclosing the numeral "5" over "KRONER", set within ornate guilloche scrollwork. The entire design is enclosed by a decorative geometric border with repeating floral motifs. |
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Printed in the United States and issued by the Allied High Command for use in Norway following liberation in May 1945, this note was part of a series of military currency denominations produced to prevent economic disruption during the transition from German occupation. The occupying forces had flooded Norway with Reichskreditkassenscheine, and the Allied issues were designed to function alongside — and eventually displace — that wartime paper before normal Norges Bank operations could resume.
The series was short-lived and quickly withdrawn once civilian banking stabilized. Pick lists it as M1, the lowest denomination in the Allied Norway set.