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10 Öre Swedish Rock Coal Company Spitsbergen LC
| Issuer | Svenska Stenkolsaktiebolaget Spetsbergen (Swedish Rock Coal Company Spitsbergen) |
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| Year | 1924-1926 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain white note printed in black letterpress with a central guilloche underprint in pale ochre. The issuer's name 'Svenska Stenkolsaktiebolaget Spetsbergen' is set in large gothic script across the upper centre, below the heading 'ANVISNING Å INNESTÅENDE LÖN.' flanked by series letter box 'Ser. H' at upper left and number box 'Nr' at upper right. The denomination '10 ÖRE (TIO)' appears in bold at centre, with a violet handstamp bearing the date '30/6 1926' to the right; two manuscript signatures appear along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | ANVISNING Å INNESTÅENDE LÖN. Svenska Stenkolsaktiebolaget Spetsbergen utlämnar mot denna anvisning, vid Sveagruvan å Spetsbergen under nedan angivna säsong, varor för ett belopp av ÖRE 10 ÖRE (TIO) Oinlösta anvisningar skola vid innehavarens avresa från Spetsbergen, och senast vid säsongens slut, avlämnas å gruvkontoret, varvid beloppet gottgöres i slutlikvid. Anvisningen är ogiltig utanför Spetsbergen och efter säsongens slut. |
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Svenska Stenkolsaktiebolaget Spetsbergen operated a coal mining concession on Svalbard under the terms of the 1920 Spitsbergen Treaty, which opened the archipelago to commercial exploitation by signatory nations while keeping it under Norwegian sovereignty. The company issued its own scrip for use within the mining settlement — a closed-economy arrangement common to remote industrial camps where nearest conventional banking was hundreds of miles away across the Barents Sea.
The "r" suffix on the SS13r reference denotes a remainder, and unissued remainders substantially outnumber genuinely circulated examples from this short-lived series.