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1 Rigsdaler Courant - Fredrick V / Christian VII White paper, no anti-counterfeit text
| Issuer | Kurantbanken (Danmarks og Norges Speciesbank), Copenhagen |
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| Year | 1762-1792 |
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| Value | 1 Rigsdaler Courant |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in letterpress typeset format, with an ornate decorative initial 'E' (for 'Een') occupying the upper left corner to introduce the denomination. The body carries the full promissory text in Danish, with the denomination '1 Rdlr', the place of issue 'Kiöbenhavn', and the date all completed in manuscript; two manuscript signatures appear at the lower portion of the note. An impressed dry-stamp of the royal Danish coat of arms serves as the primary authentication device. |
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| Protection description | P#A24a: No watermark; P#A24b: Watermark incorporating the Frederik V or Christian VII royal monogram; P#A24c: Watermark incorporating the Christian VII royal monogram. All variants additionally bear an impressed dry-stamped royal coat of arms as an authentication device. |
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Kurantbanken — formally Danmarks og Norges Speciesbank — was established in 1736 as Scandinavia's first proper note-issuing bank, and this 1 Rigsdaler Courant belongs to one of its most troubled emission periods. The bank suspended specie payments in 1757 under the financial strain of Danish involvement in the Seven Years' War, and it never credibly restored them. Notes issued across this long series circulated at a persistent discount against silver, a fact the public understood well.
The absence of anti-counterfeit text is notable: later Danish issues added explicit warnings, but this series relied solely on the embossed seal and watermark. Both security features were regularly defeated by forgers, a problem the bank repeatedly acknowledged in official communications throughout the 1780s.