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Format: 130 mm x 80 mm
Issued on 22 May 1947. Withdrawn from 1 July 1953
Motifs
The Art Nouveau face of the banknote has a border of seaweed. In the middle is a weaker pattern of sea grass, snail shells and sea shells. The face of the banknote was designed by the painter and illustrator Gerhard Heilmann (1859-1946).
The reverse consists of a base of three pale green guilloched rosettes with slightly smaller black guilloched rosettes. The word guilloche is French and is used to describe the machine-engraved geometrical ornaments which were part of the graphic security features of the banknote.
The small coat of arms is displayed in the middle. It consists of three lions and nine hearts under one crown. The three crowned lions have been used by Danish kings for the last 800 years. In the 16th century the number of hearts was set at nine. The hearts may not be hearts at all, but heraldic lily leaves (floating hearts), which in turn may be derived from linden leaves.
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