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B683a - P50a - 200 kroner - Date: 2002 - Grade: UNC - Signature: 17: Gjedrem/Johansen - Description: Colour: Blue. - Front: Norwegian text; terrella; snowflake; northern lights; stars; scientist Kristian Birkeland. - Back: Norwegian text; map of northern lights over north pole; Birkeland currents.- Holographic stripe - Solid security thread with demetalized NORGES BANK. - Watermark: Kristian Birkeland. - Printer: (Norges Bank’s Printing Works). - Size: 144 x 70 mm. - Material: Paper.
B683a - P50a - 200 couronnes - Date : 2002 - Grade : UNC - Signature : 17 : Gjedrem/Johansen - Description : Couleur : Bleu. - Recto : Texte norvégien ; terrella ; flocon de neige ; aurores boréales ; étoiles ; scientifique Kristian Birkeland. - Verso : Texte norvégien ; carte des aurores boréales au-dessus du pôle Nord ; courants de Birkeland. - Bande holographique - Fil de sécurité solide avec NORGES BANK démétallisé. - Filigrane : Kristian Birkeland. - Imprimeur : (Norges Bank’s Printing Works). - Dimensions : 144 x 70 mm. - Matériau : Papier.
More info: The year is indicated by the last two digits of the bottom right serial number.
This serie of banknote was the first ordinary serie with all the notes featuring Nynorsk (new Norwegian, which is based on conservative dialects. In contrast to Bokmål (book language) which is based on Danish). The contrast is in Bokmål the word Norway's is “Norges” and in Nynorsk it is “Noregs”. This serie still feature Bokmål. The Bokmål is on the obverse and the Nynorsk is on the reverse.
There have been banknotes before with Nynorsk, but that were emergency banknotes from under the Second World War.
This serie of banknotes was very much driven by a need for additional security, but also by the increased use of ATMs and vending machines. The new needs for security set limits for the artists. In this serie the 200 Kroner note was introduced for the first time as well.
