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1 Krone 'Kaffeposer' Skillemønt type I, Crowned Stockfish
| Issuer | Danmarks Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Krone (1873-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 KRONE UDSTEDT AF NATIONALBANKEN GÆLDER IFØLGE LOVEN SOM EN KRONE I SØLV NATIONALBANKEN I KJØBENHAVN 1914 2 SIGNATURES NUMBER (Translation: 1 KRONE Issued by the Nationalbank According to Law valid as one krone in silver The Nationalbank in Copenhagen) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on a plain rose-tinted ground and carries a centrally positioned vignette of the full Danish Royal Coat of Arms rendered in intaglio, with two barefoot wild-man supporters standing on a plinth flanked by couchant lions, the quartered shield surmounted by a royal crown. |
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The "Kaffeposer" nickname — meaning coffee bags — came from the public almost immediately, a reference to the coarse, brownish paper used after the outbreak of the First World War made quality stock unavailable. It stuck. Denmark's Nationalbank had not issued small-denomination paper notes before this series; the war-driven disappearance of silver coinage from circulation forced the experiment. These were emergency substitutes for coin, not bank money in any traditional sense.
Heilmann was primarily a natural scientist and artist, an odd choice for a currency commission. The Type I printing shows noticeably inconsistent ink saturation across surviving examples — a known characteristic, not a condition flaw.