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10 Rigsdaler Courant - Frederick V / Christian VII White paper, no anti-counterfeit text
| Issuer | Kurantbanken (Banken i Kjøbenhavn) |
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| Year | 1748-1780 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset promissory text in period Danish script occupies the central field, stating the obligation of the Banken i Kjøbenhavn to pay the bearer ten Rigsdaler Courant on demand. An ornate woodcut or letterpress vignette appears to the left, incorporating the Roman numeral X. The note bears handwritten manuscript signatures and an impressed (embossed) royal coat of arms as the primary security feature. |
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| Protection description | Impressed (dry-embossed) royal coat of arms applied directly to the paper as the principal anti-counterfeiting device; no printed security text present on this variety. |
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Kurantbanken — formally Den Kjøbenhavnske Assignation-, Vexel- og Laanebank — was Denmark's first proper issuing bank, founded in 1736 under Frederick V partly to finance the chronic deficits of a state still absorbing the costs of earlier military adventures. These 10 Rigsdaler Courant notes circulated across a reign change, the span covering both Frederick V and his son Christian VII, whose rule after 1766 was increasingly shadowed by his mental incapacity and the brief, extraordinary regency of Johann Friedrich Struensee.
The absence of any anti-counterfeit text on the white paper reflects an early and fairly naive approach to note security — the embossed seal was considered sufficient deterrent. It wasn't, and forgery was a persistent problem for the bank throughout this period.