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10 Kroner / 260⁄100 Dollar Haderslev
| Issuer | A/S Bondens Selvstyre, Haderslev |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Size | 147 x 98 mm |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in red on yellow paper, the obverse is laid out as a formal promissory order in Danish, with the denomination 'Ti Kroner' and the dollar-equivalent notation '(1 Kr. = 26/100 Dollar)' centred in the body of the note. The upper portion carries the place and date inscription 'Haderslev, den 1. Juni 1927' together with the serial number at upper left, while the lower register bears the issuer name 'A/S. Bondens Selvstyre' alongside two manuscript signatures. The note is entirely typographic in character, without pictorial vignettes. |
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| Reverse description | Letterpress-printed in red on yellow paper, the reverse is divided into two registers: the upper portion bears the bold motto 'DEN SOM IKKE VIL DIGE HAN MAA VIGE' across the top margin and a central panel with the legend 'S.O.S. ANVISNING', flanked by two octagonal vignettes — a Viking longship under sail to the left and two armed warriors in combat to the right — with a central medallion carrying the denomination '10 Kr.' between them. The lower register is occupied by two text panels containing patriotic Danish verses, the whole composition framed within a decorative typographic border. |
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A/S Bondens Selvstyre — "The Farmer's Self-Governance" — was a Danish cooperative credit institution operating in the recently reacquired North Schleswig region. The dual denomination, kroner and dollars, reflects the practical reality of the 1920s Danish-American agricultural remittance network: Danish emigrants in the American Midwest regularly sent funds home, and local institutions accommodated that flow by denominating instruments in both currencies at the prevailing rate of exchange.
North Schleswig had only returned to Denmark in 1920 following the post-WWI plebiscite under the Treaty of Versailles, and the region's financial infrastructure was still consolidating away from German-oriented institutions when this note was issued.