FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - EUROPE: Iceland
Iceland pick 44a: 100 Kronur from 1961
Law of 1961. Dark blue-green on multicolored underprint. Tryggvi Gunnarsson at left. Sheepherders on horseback, sheep in foreground, Mt. Mekla in background on back. Watermark: S. Bjornsson.
Collectors Comment: rev.: sheep
Iceland pick 45a: 500 Kronur from 1961
Law of 1961. Green on lilac and multicolored underprint. Hannes Hafstein at left. Sailors on back. Watermark: S. Bjornsson.
Collectors Comment: rev.: gulls, fish
Iceland pick 57a: 2000 Kronur from 1995
(1995). Law of 1986. Brown and blue-violet on multicolored underprint. Painting Inside-Outside at cneter, Johannes S. Kjarval at right. Painting Yearning for Flight (Leda and the Swan) and Woman with Flower on back.
Collectors Comment: rev.: goose
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Iceland pick 59: 1000 Kronur from 2001
22.5.2001. Red on multicolored underprint. Bishop Brynjolfur Sveinsson at left center. Signature 45; 50-53. Back: old church at Skalholt. Watermark: J. Sigurthsson. Improved note. Banknote design extends to the edges of the banknote.
Collectors Comment: rev.: horses
Iceland pick 61A: 10000 Kronur from 2001
22.5.2001. Blue on multicolored underprint. Jonas Hallgrimsson at right. Nesting bird with hatching at left on back; sea shell at bottom right.
Collectors Comment: rev.: birds (Eurasian golden plover)