FAROE ISLANDS Paper Money,
Føroyar 1964-74 Issues

     

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Løgmanður (PM):
Hákun Djurhuus
4.1.1963 - 12.1.1967



Løgmanður (PM):
Atli P. Dam
12.12.1970 -  5.1.1981

FØROYAR - FAROE ISLANDS Banknotes,
L12.4.1949(1964-74) Issues

RIGSFAELLESSKABET FØROYAR
Faroe Islands

DNK colony; independence referendum annulled 20.9.1946
Printer: Danmarks Nationalbank's Bankote Printing Works (No Imprint)

Føroyar-Denmark National Bank

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P.16S  10 Kroner (19)74 SPECIMEN
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P.16  10 Kroner (19)74
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P.17  50 Kroner 19(67)
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P.18a  100 Kroner (19)64
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P.18b  100 Kroner (19)69
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P.18c  100 Kroner (19)72
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P.18d  100 Kroner (19)75

Local Artist

  The motifs on the back depict Faroese landscapes drawn by two renowned local artists. Janus Kamban (left) a pioneer sculpture was born in Tórshavn in 1913 and studied in Denmark. When he finished his studies after World War II he returned to the Faroes. Kamban then began to organize local art exhibitions which contributed to the newfound popularity of art in the Faroes.
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He also designed a Christmas seal (right) in 1985 based on the Northern Lights theme. His first postage stamps were released in 1996 which included three different values. Kamban's "Birds and Fishing Boat" done in 1996 looks similar to the back of the first 5 Kroner Faroes Islands banknote issued in 1951.

Ingálvur av Reyn (right) was born in 1920 also in Tórshavn. His impressionist art is said to have been inspired by
Cézanne and Matisse.

His one man show in 1961 showed abstract landscapes for the first time in the Faroes.
He is also a expert draftsman and has been
honored to have both his abstract landscapes and drawings shown on Faroe Postage Stamps. In 1986 he had three of his drawings of ancient stone bridges, SC.149, SC.150 and SC.151 engraved in three postage stamps. In 1999 he had an additional four landscapes shown on postage stamps.

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