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1 Løn
| Issuer | Freetown Christiania |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 1 Løn |
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| Obverse lettering | FRISTADEN CHRISTIANIA 2002 LEV OG LAD ANDRE LEVE (Translation: Freetown Christiania Live and let others live) |
| Reverse description | Central field displays the large numeral '1' in bold relief, set against a sunburst of radiating lines. Flanking the numeral on either side are cannabis leaves rendered in fine detail. Below the numeral, at the centre of the radiating field, a snail is depicted in high relief, its spiral shell clearly detailed. A decorative ribbon banner beneath the snail bears the denomination legend. The rim is bordered by a repeated tooth-and-wave decorative motif. |
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Freetown Christiania, the self-declared autonomous neighborhood in Copenhagen, began issuing its own currency in the early 2000s as a deliberate assertion of independence from the Danish state — which had been attempting to normalize and eventually dismantle the community since its founding squatters occupied the former Bådsmandsstræde Barracks in 1971. The Løn series was intended for internal circulation among residents and sympathetic vendors within the commune's boundaries.
Denmark's government formally moved to close Christiania in 2002, the same year this piece was struck — making the currency partly political theater.