Catalog
10 Kroner Polaris Fabrikker A-s
| Issuer | Polaris Fabrikker A-s |
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| Printer | Ingvald Dahle, Sandnes, Norway |
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| Obverse description | White paper with red letterpress text throughout, enclosed within a decorative dotted border frame. The note carries the heading 'ANVISNING' above the denomination 'KR. 10.00 - TI KRONER', followed by the issuer disclaimer text and place name 'Sandes'. A black hand-stamped serial number appears alongside a manuscript bearer name, two handwritten signatures attributed to J. Schanche Olsen, and one handwritten countersignature. |
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| Reverse description | Plain white paper without any printed text, vignette, or ornamental design; the verso is entirely unprinted. |
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Polaris Fabrikker A/S was a Norwegian industrial firm, and this note is a private emergency token — a nødpenge or company scrip — rather than a state issue. Such notes proliferated in Norway during the German occupation (1940–1945) when coin shortages became acute and firms began issuing their own small-denomination paper to manage payroll and internal transactions. Ingvald Dahle was a local printer in Sandnes, Rogaland, and the production quality reflects that provincial origin.
The NP (Nødpenge) catalog designation confirms its scrip classification. Survivors are scarce simply because most were redeemed within a closed economic loop and discarded.