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10 Rigsdaler Courant
| Issuer | Kongelige Regjerings Commission (Royal Government Commission), Norway |
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| Year | 1807 |
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| Size | 175 × 130 mm |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress in black on plain paper. A central oval cartouche at the top carries the denomination text, flanked on either side by impressed dry-stamp seals serving as security measures. The lower portion of the note is occupied by the promissory text in Danish, concluding with two manuscript signatures at the bottom; an additional manuscript signature appears to the right margin. A decorative floral vignette is printed to the left, with a corresponding foliate ornament to the right. |
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| Protection description | Impressed dry-stamp seals applied on either side of the central value cartouche as a security measure against counterfeiting. |
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Norway had no central bank in 1807 — the Norges Bank would not be founded until 1816. This note was issued by an emergency administrative body established under Danish rule, as the Napoleonic Wars severed normal channels of credit and commerce across the kingdom. The Royal Government Commission stepped in precisely because there was no permanent institution with the authority or infrastructure to do so.
Printed locally in Christiania rather than Copenhagen, the series reflects how isolated Norwegian administration had become from the Danish crown during wartime. The dry stamp was the primary authentication measure — a vulnerability that invited contemporary counterfeiting.