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IBNS Journal 63-4

includes articles on Alves Reis and the Portugese Banknote Case, Oxford Old Bank, Romanian Athenaeum on Banknotes, Banknotes in a Crisis?, When Governments Counterfeit: Part II, Wrong Country! Foreign Motifs on Banknotes

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Latest Banknote of 2024 Nominations

The latest nominations for the Banknote of 2024 are: China: 20-Yuan Note, Thailand: 100-Baht Note, Japan: 5,000-Yen Note, Mozambique: 50-Meticais Note, Argentina: 10,000-Peso Note, Eastern Caribbean States: 50-Dollar Note, Morocco: 200-Dirhams Note

 

Sweden's 20 Kronor Note

Nominated by Hans Kajblad, IBNS Member 4277

SWE-20-Front
SWE-20-Back
 
Note Sweden (PNL): 20 kronor (US$3 15)
Predominant Colour(s) Purple
Front Denomination as registration device; children’s writer Astrid Lindgren; three crowns; open books and walking child, “Pippi Långstrump” (Pippi Longstocking); open book gold-to-green SPARK patch
Back Trees, road, and boulders in Småland, where Astrid Lindgren grew up; flowers; map of Sweden
Watermark Astrid Lindgren and electrotype 20
Additional Security Solid security thread
Printer Tumba Bruk
Size 120 x 67 mm
Introduced 01/10/2015
Information provided courtesy of The Banknote Book