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1 Krone Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company
| Uitgever | Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1957 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Yellow-green note printed in black letterpress on plain paper, with a light guilloche-style underprint of the numeral '1 Kr.' across the centre field. The issuer's name, Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap, is set in bold display type, with series designation 'Jj.' and year '(1957)' at upper left and a boxed serial number at upper right. A single manuscript signature appears at lower left above the title 'Styrets formann', with the role 'Kontorsjef, Spitsbergen' printed at lower right. Conditions of use are set out in three lines of smaller text across the lower half of the note. |
|---|---|
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Plain cream paper reverse printed in a single bold orange letterpress impression. The denomination '1 Kr.' is rendered in large serif display numerals and letters that fill virtually the entire face of the note, with a fine crosshatch pattern visible within the strokes of the characters. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Log in om details te zien |
| Varianten | Log in om details te zien |
| Opmerkingen |
Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani — usually shortened to SNSK — operated the Norwegian mining settlements on Svalbard as near-total company towns. Workers were paid in company scrip that could only be spent at company-run stores, a system that persisted well into the post-war decades and was quietly controversial given Norway's broader labor rights framework at the time. The 1957 date places this note within the period when SNSK was majority state-owned, following the Norwegian government's acquisition of controlling interest in 1945.
Svalbard scrip is underrepresented in major collections partly because much of it was redeemed, destroyed, or simply used up — the archipelago's isolation meant very little found its way to the mainland in circulated form.