Vikings on banknotes...

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I just recently acquired a banknote that among other things depicts a couple of vikings in horned helmets. I had also recently read a report that the vikings did not really have a helmet style with horns that was worn. I have not researched it further. Is this enough information for a numismatic detective to guess what my note is?
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Maybe this:

Wow! That fantasy note fits the bill. But looking for a real, legal, government or bank, issued note. I will say it isn't as dramatic as the note you showed.
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Vikings indeed did not wear horned helmets. If they had a helmet at all it would be a simple cap style, sometimes with a noseguard.

I can't wait to see this mystery banknote though, I couldn't begin to guess what it is.
From Canada.... or Djibouti?
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I haven't heard of any Canadian ones. Though the Vikings did stay here for a time.
Quote: "MonaSeaclaid"​I haven't heard of any Canadian ones. Though the Vikings did stay here for a time.
​I was being silly, but yes there were some Vikings.
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!

Looking for pre 1783 coins
I sincerely hope the day will never come when Djibouti issues a Viking banknote. That would be a sad day indeed.
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Quote: "MonaSeaclaid"​I haven't heard of any Canadian ones. Though the Vikings did stay here for a time.
​​I was being silly, but yes there were some Vikings.
​Well it is a Unesco Heritage Site, sillier things have ended up on currency.

I still haven't found anything. x.
Was your note this one?

What a great Ukranian note! Is it possible that vikings were in the Ukraine? I have read of their presence in Rome, Paris, and that as the Rus were in Russia as well. The boat certainly appears vikingy...but I have in mind another nation and another note.
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Quote: "Oklahoman"​What a great Ukranian note! Is it possible that vikings were in the Ukraine? I have read of their presence in Rome, Paris, and that as the Rus were in Russia as well. The boat certainly appears vikingy...but I have in mind another nation and another note.
​Popular history says that Ukraine had many Vikings visit and stay there, and they potentially even founded Kiev. It's debated among historians though.

Everything is debated among historians though....
Kambera banknotes
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Here one from under the sea.
It is, what it is, or is it.
Lol...now that is a unique viking note! And yes, Spongebob square viking is on a note...
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From your description it fits the bill.


(badum tish)
Still have some stuff from the grand kids. Why I really don't know why. It was my grandson's who is 18 now.
edit early German notes I think I remember seeing some Vikings
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Quote: "ALLRED1950"​ Still have some stuff from the grand kids. Why I really don't know why. It was my grandson's who is 18 now.
​edit early German notes I think I remember seeing some Vikings
​That Spongebob toy belonged to someone who is now 18? x_x I feel so old.
Me too. My grand girl baby is 16 now. God iam older than dirt. But very happy
It is, what it is, or is it.
It doesn't get better than that.
Some bathroom wisdom. Life is like a roll of bathroom tissue , at the end everything go fast
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We almost had so much symmetry happening. We posted at the exact same moment and I have 381 posts and you have 3382 posts.

Gotta even that up.

That's why it must suck to be immortal though. At some point everything is like blinking. You think everything blurs together now...imagine what life is like for the immortals.
Yes that would not work for me. Both of them are great level headed kids.
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Sweden has never had anything with vikings, so this is probably the closes I'll get.
Norway 50 Kroner 1990:


Denmark also had a few from 90's to early 00's.


No horns on the helmets though, since they didn't have any horns. If they ever had horns, it was only for ceremonial purposes.
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Amazing how many notes out there with vikings on them! The one im thinking of was the only one or so I thought...
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Curse the banknotes of the world for being historically accurate. ;(
The note I am thinking of includes a long boat.
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Isle of Man Ten shillings?

http://www.worldbanknotescoins.com/2012/12/isle-of-man-ten-shillings-banknote.html
Excellent! The 10 shilling has the same design as the 50 pence I was thinking of. And if you look closely...you can see the vikings in their horned helmets.
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Azhnak2 wins!
That's a nice looking note, even with the horns. They do look striking in silhouette.
There is no date on there, but the signature says 1961, when did the horned helmet thing start anyway?
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!

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Horned helmets were a thing a few centuries before the Viking Age, they were fully out of style before the Vikings came onto the scene at all. I think the horned helmet in association with Vikings caught fire at some point in the 1800s. Much like our (pretty much wrong) depiction of pirates comes from popular culture, someone wrote about Vikings having horned helmets and the image just stuck.
I found this:

http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/did-vikings-really-wear-horned-helmets
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Daryl...that SpongeBob on a banknote still cracks me up all these months later!
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It's been a rough week. But I caught myself laughing all over again about this thread. Thank you SpongeBob Square Viking!
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