A collection of rare Central Bank of Iceland Sedlabanki Islands banknote die proof engraver's test strikes and stage proofs for the obverse of a five thousand kronur note, centred around a portrait of Ragnheithur Jonsdottir, including a large number of portrait vignettes in blue on paper/card, and a group of full-format framed portrait compositions with values added to top right corner (all extremely fine, some handling marks), together with a small group of photographs and transparencies of the portrait design. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.