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10 Kroner Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel
| Issuer | Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (Royal Greenland Trade Department) |
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| Year | 1953-1967 |
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| Reference(s) | P#19 |
| Obverse description | Brown intaglio print on cream paper. The central vignette is a circular medallion enclosing a detailed engraving of a bowhead whale resting on ice floes before an arctic coastal backdrop. Flanking the medallion are large numeral '10' value indicators within ornate guilloche panels, with the promissory legend 'Denne Anvisning gælder ved Handelsstederne i Grønland for' arching across the upper portion, and two manuscript signatures appearing in the lower margin above the issuer's name along the bottom border. |
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| Variants | P#19a - serial # with serifs P#19b - serial # without serifs |
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Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel was not a bank — it was a Danish crown monopoly that controlled virtually all trade in Greenland, and the currency it issued circulated only within the island's trading stations, legally separate from Danish krone notes used in the metropole. These notes functioned as a closed-circuit scrip system, preventing capital from leaving the colony and tying Greenlandic workers and hunters to company stores.
The series remained in use until 1967, when Greenland's integration into the Danish monetary system made separate local currency unnecessary. Notes that actually circulated through the trading posts typically show heavy soil and fold wear; unused examples are disproportionately common because unsold stock was simply never put into service at remote stations.