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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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| Value | 10 Rigsdaler Courant |
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| Obverse lettering | No. 193624 Ti Rigsdaler dansk Courant Paa forlangende erholder Ihændehaveren af denne Assignation ved Foreviisning Ti Rigsdaler dansk Courant, enten ved den Slesvig- Holsteenske Casse i Rendsborg, eller ved den Kongelige Amtstue i Aalborg. Imidlertid validerer denne Assignation, indtil samme vorder indkaldt, imellem Mand og Mand, for 10. Rigsdaler dansk Courant modtages saaledes i alle Kongelige Oppebörseler. Udstædt i Fölge den allerhöyeste Forordning af 18. September 1807. og efter Autorisation fra den Kongelige Regjerings Commission. Christiania, den 1. October 1807. |
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| Protection type | Dry stamp |
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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.