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Encyclopedia > 50 krone (Denmark)

The Danish 50 kroner bill (DKK50) is a denomination of Danish currency. Danish writer Karen Blixen is currently featured on the front side of the bill, while the design on the reverse is inspired by a centaur form Landet Church on the island of Tåsinge. The current design for this bill came into circulation on 7 May 1999. Image File history File links Danish 50 kroner front Copyright guidelines from the Danish National Bank here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Danish 50 kroner back Copyright guidelines from the Danish National Bank here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A denomination is a unit of currency. ... The Danish krone is the currency used in Denmark and the Danish dependency of Greenland. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Blixen in Kenya, 1918 Isak Dinesen (April 17, 1885-September 7, 1962) was a pen name for the Danish author Karen Blixen. ... Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a race part human and part horse, with a horses body and a human head and torso. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...


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The face of the banknote has a portrait of writer Karen Blixen (17 April 1885 to 7 September 1962). She is acclaimed for writing Seven Gothic Tales (1935) and her memoirs Out of Africa (1937). The face of the banknote is also decorated with flowers, of which Karen Blixen was very fond. Self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh A portrait is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. ... This article is about the novel and the film; for the African-origin theory of human evolution sometimes referred to as the Out of Africa theory, see single-origin hypothesis. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ...


The image on the reverse of the 50 krone banknote is inspired by a stone relief from Landet Church on the island of Tåsinge. The 50 krone banknote has the word "femti", not "halvtreds" which is the usual Danish word for fifty. Femti is a word used for cheques. Danmarks Nationalbank first used it on the 50 krone banknote issued in 1957, and the present banknote is thus the third to use this word. For other meanings, see Relief (disambiguation) In the art of sculpture, a relief is an artwork where a modelled form projects out of a flat background. ... Typical cancelled personal cheque as used in the U.S. A cheque (British English) or check (American English), thought to have developed from Persian Ú†Ùƒ chek, is a negotiable instrument instructing a financial institution to pay a specific amount of a specific currency from a specific demand account held in the... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Norwegian krone - definition of Norwegian krone in Encyclopedia (336 words)
Krone is the name of the currency used in Norway.
The introduction of the krone as the Norwegian legal tender in 1875 was a result of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which lasted until the First World War.
The name of the currency was Krone in Denmark and Norway, and Krona in Sweden, which in English literally means Crown.
50 krone (Denmark) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (232 words)
The image on the reverse of the 50 krone banknote is inspired by a stone relief from Landet Church on the island of Tåsinge.
The 50 krone banknote has the word "femti", not "halvtreds" which is the usual Danish word for fifty.
Danmarks Nationalbank first used it on the 50 krone banknote issued in 1957, and the present banknote is thus the third to use this word.
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