5 Krónur Landsbanki Íslands; brown colour

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Iceland (Iceland)
Issuing bank	National Bank of Iceland (Landsbanki Íslands)
King	Christian X (1918-1944)
Period	Republic (1944-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1928 (1928-1947)
Value	5 Krónur (5 ISJ)
Currency	Old króna (1885-1980)
Composition	Paper
Size	120 × 70 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Issued	16 September 1935
Demonetized	9 January 1948
Number	N# 254377
References	P# 27 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , SIEG SD# 33 Jan Bendix, Flemming Lyngbeck Hansen; 2014. SIEGs Seddelkatalog Danmark 1695-2014. SIEG, Frederikssund, Denmark.

Series: Landsbanki Íslands, 2nd issue

Obverse

Brown on multicolor underprint.
To the left a bust of Jón Eriksson facing right. To the right a watermark window.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
5 LANDSBANKI ÍSLANDS 5
serialnumber
FIMM
KRÓNUR
SAMKVÆMT LÖGUM NR.10.
15 APRIL 1928
LANDSBANKI ÍSLANDS
5 serial number two signatures 5

Translation:
National Bank of Iceland
Five
Kronur
According to Law NO.10.
April 15, 1928
National Bank of Iceland

Designer: Jón Thorleifsson

Reverse

Brown print.
Watermark window to the left and the National Bank of Iceland's Mainbuilding to the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5 5
L I
5 5
Bradbury.Wilkinson & Co Ld Engravers.New Malden.Surrey.England

Designer: Jón Thorleifsson

Watermark

Portrait of Jón Sigúrðsson.

Signatures

Jón Árnason (JÁ)
Magnús Sigurðsson (MS)
Lúðvík Kaaber (LK)
Georg Ólafsson (GÓ)
Vilhjálmur Þór (VÞ)

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

Comments

Law of issue and recalling:

These notes were printed by the law of 15th of April, 1928.

Withdrawn by law of 19th of December, 1947.

Withdrawel:

The notes of this series was to be withdrawn from the 30. of December, but the new banknotes weren't planned to be issued before 2nd of January, 1948. So banknotes valued 5 and 10 Krónur were kept in cirkulation, untill the 2nd of January, 1948 and could be exchanged until the 9th, the same month.

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Date	Signatures	VF	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1928 (1935-1945)	JÁ, MS		P# 27a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	No prefix	6%
1928-Apr-15 (1935-1940)	JÁ, LK		P# 27a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	No prefix	15%
1928-Apr-15 (1935-1941)	JÁ, GÓ		P# 27a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	No prefix	17%
1928-Apr-15 (1935-1945)	JÁ, MS		P# 27b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Prefix A	26%
1928-Apr-15 (1935-1941)	JÁ, GÓ	$ 13	P# 27b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Prefix A	26%
1928-Apr-15 (1940-1945)	JÁ, VÞ	$ 10	P# 27b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Prefix A	15%
1928-Apr-15 (1935-1945)	JÁ, MS		P# 27c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Prefix B	3%
1928-Apr-15 (1935-1947)			P# 27s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen	0%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 87 Lot 2015	21 Jun 2023	1928-Apr-15 (1935-1941) JÁ, GÓ – P# 27b – Prefix A	XF	USD 41.51 (EUR 36.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 71 Lot 2310	30 Nov 2022	1928-Apr-15 (1935-1941) JÁ, GÓ – P# 27b – Prefix A	VF	USD 14.99 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 64 Lot 2426	17 Aug 2022	1928-Apr-15 (1935-1941) JÁ, GÓ – P# 27b – Prefix A	VF	USD 10.38 (EUR 9.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 62 Lot 3017	21 Jun 2022	1928-Apr-15 (1935-1941) JÁ, GÓ – P# 27b – Prefix A	VF	USD 12.68 (EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 147 Lot 3452	17 Dec 2024	1928-Apr-15 (1940-1945) JÁ, VÞ – P# 27b – Prefix A	VF	USD 10.38 (EUR 9.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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