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1 Krone Kings Bay Coal Company
| Uitgever | Kings Bay Kull Comp. A/S |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1947-1964 |
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| Waarde | 1 Krone (1 NOK) |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Betalingsmerke utstedt av KINGS BAY KULL COMP. A/S Mot dette betalingsmerke, som er utstedt for tilgodehavende lønn, utleverer Kings Bay Kull Comp. A/S, til ihendehaveren varer for et beløp av 1 - En krone Ubenyttede betalingsmerker til ved ihendehaverens avreise fra Spitsbergen i sesongen 1956/57 å tilbakelevere til kontoret mot beløpets godskrivning i oppgjøret. Merket er ugyldig utenfor Spitsbergen og etter sesongens avslutning. Styrets formann. Kontorsjef, Spitsbergen (Translation: Payment note issued by Kings Bay Coal Company Against this payment note, which is issued for outstanding wages, The Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company delivers to the bearer goods for an amount of 1 krone Unused notes when the beares departs from Spitsbergen during the season 1956/57 is returned to the office against credit of the amount in the settlement. The note is invalid outside Spitsbergen and after the end of the season. Chairman of the board. Office manager, Spitsbergen.) |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Plain cream-white paper with no underprint or decorative elements. The denomination is rendered in bold black letterpress at centre: the numeral '1' at left in a solid black block typeface, and the abbreviation 'KR.' at right in a large outlined block typeface, together forming the sole design of the reverse. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Kings Bay Kull Comp. A/S operated the Norwegian coal mining concession at Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard, and like most remote company-town operations, it ran its own scrip economy entirely separate from mainland Norwegian currency. These krone-denominated tokens of exchange were valid only within the settlement — at the company store, the canteen, and nowhere else. Workers were partly paid in scrip, a system that kept wages circulating back to the company.
The suffix "r" in the KB4r reference designates a replacement note, which is unusual for a minor industrial scrip issue of this scale and hints at more organized printing practices than the operation's remoteness might suggest. Ny-Ålesund's mining activities were permanently halted after a catastrophic explosion in 1962 killed 21 men — the worst accident in Norwegian Arctic history.