Bank Notes from Denmark 1972 - 1997

To prevent forgery a new series of paper money was issued. It was a goodbye to the special Danish and a hello to an European look. It is named Serie 1972 and all have on the reverse a picture of a Danish animal. The faces at the front of the paper money are taken from paintings made by the painter Niels Juul. The paintings can bee seen at Frederiksborg Castle at Hillerød about 20 miles north of Copenhagen. For the first time Denmark got a new value of the Krone bank notes - 1,000 Kroner - which became the highest value of the series. From 1970 until 1982 Denmark had a growing inflation. 1980 the 10 Krone paper money was replaced by a coin and a 20 Kroner paper money was issued. This was the last paper money using Danish made paper. As a forerunner for the new series of bank notes issued in 1997 a 100 Krone note were issued in 1995 with some more security and a little changed colors.

N.B. The banknotes on this site are reproduced with permission of the
Danish National Bank