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1 Rigsbankdaler Nationalbanken, 1st issue
| Issuer | Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn |
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| Year | 1819 |
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| Currency | Rigsbankdaler (1813-1854) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on white paper, the note presents a central text field bordered on both sides by tall oval-framed ornamental vignettes with foliate and scrollwork designs. A diamond-shaped guilloche cartouche at the upper centre carries the denomination, while the promissory text in Danish occupies the main body; the serial number is inscribed in manuscript at the upper left, and two handwritten signatures appear at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Blank and unprinted. |
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Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn was established by royal charter in 1818 as a privately owned institution — unusual for a central bank — created specifically to stabilize Danish finances after the catastrophic state bankruptcy of 1813, which had wiped out the previous Rigsbanken and devastated public trust in paper money. This 1 Rigsbankdaler belongs to the bank's inaugural issue, circulating into an economy still raw from that collapse.
The Rigsbankdaler itself was a transitional currency unit, introduced precisely to bridge the devaluation gap left by 1813. Redemption was set at a fixed ratio against the old collapsed currency, making even the lowest denomination politically charged.