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Format: 174 mm x 108 mm
Issued on 23 July 1945. Withdrawn since 2 April 1964
Motifs
In the middle of the banknote is a scene with a farmer walking behind a horse-drawn plough with seagulls and forest in the background. The motif is bordered by Art Nouveau leaves. There is also a faint pattern of buttercups, narcissi and iris. The face of the banknote was designed by the painter and illustrator Gerhard Heilmann (1859-1946).
The reverse consists of a base of three brown 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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