The 500-krone banknote was issued 30 November 2004. The face of the new 500-krone banknote shows a fragment of a shore crab. The motif on the reverse is a watercolour of Hvannasund.
Format 155 mm x 72 mm.
Motifs on the Banknote
The motif of the shore crab is printed in intaglio. The background to the shore crab is a reproduction of a watercolour of the sandy seabed viewed through water.
The motif on the reverse is a watercolour of Hvannasund. The watercolours are both by Zacharias Heinesen.
