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1 Rigsdaler - Christian VII Kongelige Grønlandske Handel
| Issuer | Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (Royal Greenlandic Trading Company) |
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| Year | 1804 |
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| Size | 165 × 110 mm |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on plain unprinted paper, the face is enclosed within a rectangular border frame. The royal cypher of Christian VII occupies the upper left corner, while a handwritten serial number appears at the upper right. The central field carries the full promissory text in period Danish orthography, opening with the denomination and the name of the issuing institution. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 Rigsdaler. Den Kongelige Grönlandſke Handel betaler denne Anviisning ved Handelsſtederne i Grönland med 1 Rdlr., ſkriver Een Rigsdaler Danſk Courant. Kiöbenhavn 1804. (Translation: 1 Rigsdaler. The Royal Greenlandic Trading will pay this note at the trading posts in Greenland with 1 Rigsdaler, written one Rigsdaler Danish Courant. Copenhagen 1804) |
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Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel held a state-backed monopoly over all commerce in Greenland, and its notes functioned as a closed-currency system — valid only within the colony and not redeemable outside it. This was deliberate. The monopoly structure depended on preventing colonists and workers from converting earnings into metropolitan currency and leaving the system entirely.
Christian VII had been incapacitated by severe mental illness for most of his reign; by 1804 the crown was effectively managed by regents. The royal name on this note is titular.