10 kroner 1967

Common. This is a regular issue note from a long printing run spanning 1965-1974 with substantial circulation across Denmark. The eBay price data confirms common status, with most examples selling in the $2-$50 range depending on grade, catalog values at $27.50 for UNC (2019), and multiple sales records indicating steady market availability. UNC examples, while somewhat more desirable than circulated notes, are not scarce.

Issued by Danmarks Nationalbank under the authority of the 1936 Banking Act, this note commemorates Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark's most celebrated literary figure, while featuring the Egeskov windmill—a symbol of Danish rural heritage and agricultural tradition. The 1965-1974 printing series reflects Denmark's post-war economic stability and the nation's continued emphasis on cultural identity through currency design during a period of modernization and European integration.

The obverse features a left-facing profile portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, the 19th-century Danish author and poet, rendered in fine intaglio engraving with detailed cross-hatching. The reverse displays the Egeskov windmill—a historic mill structure located on Fyn Island in southern Denmark—positioned on a hillside landscape with willow trees and water features creating a pastoral Danish countryside scene. Both sides feature decorative wavy border patterns and ornamental frames typical of the period's engraving style, with denomination numerals prominently displayed in decorative circular frames at the four corners of the reverse.

Front: 'DANMARKS NATIONALBANK' (Danish National Bank), 'TI KRONER' (Ten Kroner), 'H.C. ANDERSEN' (Hans Christian Andersen), 'UDSTEDT I HENHOLD TIL LOV AF 7.APRIL 1936' (Issued in accordance with law of 7th April 1936). Back: 'DANMARK' (Denmark), 'NATIONALBANK' (National Bank), denomination '10' appearing in all four corners. Serial numbers and printing identifiers (K8672F, 3683470, 2F) are present on the front.

Intaglio engraving (recess printing), the traditional and standard security printing method for this series. The fine line work, intricate cross-hatching, stippling patterns, and multi-layered engraving creating texture and depth are characteristic of intaglio production. Red/brown colored serial numbers indicate multi-color intaglio printing capability. This note was produced by the established security printers authorized by Danmarks Nationalbank during the 1960s-1970s production run.

This example likely represents the P-44y variant (second or third signature type based on block number dating system). The serial prefix 'K8' indicates year of issue 1967 per the catalog notation that block numbers 2-3 encode the year (K8 = 19-67). The note displays the 'text line added in upper and lower frame' design characteristic of the 1965-1967 variant per realbanknotes.com reference. Watermark is the repeated '10' pattern standard for this series. The red serial numbers and '2F' printing identifier provide additional variety documentation.