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| IBNS Journal 59-2 |
Is available to download and includes a tribute to Colin Narbeth (IBNS Founder and Life Member No. 1); Peasants, Produce & Tractors; Hidden Features of Test Notes; Guinea 50 Francs 1958 and Forged Notes during the Company & British Raj. |
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| Journal Delivery |
Due to COVID-19 the delivery of the IBNS Journal to the following countries will be delayed. We will look to dispatch the journal as soon as the restrictions are lifted. Azerbaijan / Botswana / Chad / Cuba / Djibouti / Haiti / Iraq / Kosovo / Malawi / Mauritania / Mauritius / Nepal / Pakistan / Paraguay / Tanzania (DAR) / Tunisia / Turkmenistan / Venezuela / Zambia / Zimbabwe |
| Banknote of 2020 Nominations |
The Nominations received so far are Bank of England's 20 Pound Note, Scotland's (Royal Bank of Scotland) 20 Pound Note and Northern Ireland's (Ulster Bank) 20 Pound Note. Do you know of a banknote that will be issued to the public that should be nominated for the Banknote of 2020? Send your nominations to the Banknote of the Year Co-Ordinator (banknoteoftheyear@theibns.org). |
Norway's 500 Kroner Note
Nominated by Jan Olav Aamlid, IBNS Life Member 25
| Note | B660 (P56): 500 kroner (US$59) |
| Predominant Colour(s) | Orange |
| Front | Norwegian text; SPARK Orbital rectangle; Colin Archer’s rescue vessel, RS 14 “Stavanger;” Atlantic puffin |
| Back | Norwegian text; oil platform on the horizon (pixel motif); 13 |
| Watermark | Atlantic puffin head in profile with electrotype 500 |
| Additional Security | 9 metres per second (cubic pattern); high wind with sea heaps up, white foam from breaking waves (organic pattern); North Sea gas pipeline network; ammonite fossil shell |
| Printer | Oberthur Technologies |
| Size | 147 x 70 mm |
| Introduced | 18/10/2018 |
| Information provided courtesy of The Banknote Book | |