Before leaving for my trip to the Faroe Islands, I bought 700 Danish Kroner (DKK) from our local bank here in Oberursel/Germany.

On our way back to Germany, we had another four-hour layover in Copenhagen/Denmark and still some money leftover to spend.

At World of Delight, a fine food shop at the airport, I bought a bottle of Ice tea and tried to use one of the banknotes I had been given as change on the Faroes. The clerk refused to take it by telling me: “It is no longer good. Please go to the bank.”

Having more than enough spare time on my hands, I went to the bank and inquired about it. The bank clerk was very eager to take the note out of my hand… I actually had to pull the money out of his hands again. Anyway, up until then I had not realized that the Faroes have their own banknotes. Since it was only a 50 Faroese DKK banknote (about 7 Euro), I decided to keep it as a souvenir. Had the World of Delight sales clerk accepted it (which he was supposed to by law), I would have never realized the Faroese carry their own DKK banknote.

From banknotes.com I learnt one 50 Faroese DKK banknote – like the one I have – is being offered for sale at $ 25.–

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