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Deda Lebeda
Could you please include the link or tell me when this statement was published? I went through all the press releases by Norges bank until 2021 and have not found any such information, but maybe I was not looking the right way:)
Regarding the production numbers of Norwegian banknotes here is the link:
https://www.norges-bank.no/en/topics/Statistics/notes-coins-statistics/
The information is on table 11.
The statistics on notes and coins is published by Norges Bank once a year. The Norwegian language version usually in February. The English language version is either not published (IIRC 2021 and 2022 – at least I never saw it; perhaps I missed it; I check Norges Bank only occasionally) or days, weeks, months later. This year, the English version (which has the same figures as the Norwegian one) was published in late June 2024.
More importantly, Norges Bank revised the annual statement. In the February 1, 2024 edition they stated 21.201.000 100kr were printed in 2023. The new, updated version gives this number for the 500 kr note.
Thanks for the link and all the information. It is interesting that the bank changed the 2023 figures in such a way, given that the banknotes in question should have already been produced by that time.
It still confuses me that images of these new banknotes still have not appeared on the internet. Even in a largely cashless country as Norway, I would expect that some collector would put their photo on the internet or that someone would try to sell them on ebay. Of course, they could have been printed with the old date/signature, but it would not make much sense since the new governor has already announced her signature for the new banknotes almost 2 years ago. Or maybe the bank had produced the banknotes, but has not put them into circulation yet.
