In the day showed Norges Bank until the new Norwegian pengesedlene. For the first time in history, it is not the portraits that adorn the papirpengene. The familiar faces are now replaced with motifs from the sea.
the Sea and the coast are central to the story of Norway. Therefore, I hope the new bank notes will work well as a business card for our country, ” says governor Øystein Olsen in a press release.
the front page is characterised by a traditional, ikonsterk design with a maritime main motive of each denomination, based on the draft from Metric Design and Terje Tønnessen. The back is pikselmønstrede and built up around a gridsystem based on Beauforts scale for wind speed, after the draft from Snøhetta.
the 100 – and 200-discs are first up and will be in circulation from 30. may 2017. The remaining bank notes can’t find the way to the wallets before 2018, and 2019.
the Main reason for the new design of the bank notes, is to increase the security.
Seddelforfalskning is low widespread in Norway, but Norges Bank fears that it could become a problem if our bills are worst in the class.
- As a central bank we have a responsibility to ensure that Norwegian banknotes at any time has a sufficiently high security level. Therefore, we have now developed a new seddelserie that is more secure than ever, ” says Olsen.
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