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10 Kroner Stavanger Municipality
| Issuer | Stavanger Kommune (Stavanger Municipality) |
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| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain yellow-tinted note with a guilloche border framing the entire face. The issuer name "Stavanger Kommune" is printed in large Gothic blackletter type at the top, below which the debt obligation text and the denomination "gjeldsbevis kr. 10,00" appear in letterpress. The Stavanger municipal coat of arms — a small heraldic shield with a flower motif — is centred near the lower portion of the note, flanked by two manuscript signatures above the printed titles "ordfører" (mayor) and "finansrådmann" (finance councillor), with the serial number printed in a ruled box at centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stavanger Kommune erkjenner å være skyldig ihendehaveren av nærværende gjeldsbevis kr. 10,00 Dette gjeldsbevis som ikke er rentebærende innløses kontant innen 12 måneder etter at den nå herskende krigssituasjon er opphørt. Gjeldsbeviset kan dog straks benyttes til dekning av skatter, så vel byskatt som eien- doms- og vannskatt, og til dekning av Elektrisitetsverkets eller Gassverkets regninger STAVANGER MAI 1940 ordfører. finansrådmann. (Translation: Stavanger Municipality acknowledges that it owes the holder of this debt certificate kr. 10,00 This non-interest-bearing debt certificate is redeemable in cash within 12 months after the current war situation has ended. The debt certificate may, however, be used immediately to cover taxes, both city tax and property and water tax, and to cover the Electricity Works's or Gas Works's bills Stavanger May 1940 mayor. finance councillor.) |
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When Germany occupied Norway in April 1940, the disruption to banking and currency supply pushed dozens of Norwegian municipalities to issue their own emergency notes. Stavanger Kommune was among them. These local issues had no formal backing from Norges Bank and circulated purely on municipal authority and community trust — a fragile arrangement that lasted only until central banking functions were restored under occupation administration.
The Stavanger series was printed locally, which shows in the typography. Production was improvised rather than contracted to an established security printer.