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100 Kroner Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel
| Emittente | Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (Royal Greenland Trade Department) |
|---|---|
| Anno | 1953-1967 |
| Tipo | Standard circulation banknote |
| Valore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valuta | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Composizione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Dimensioni | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Forma | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Stampatore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Disegnatore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Incisore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| In circolazione fino al | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Riferimento/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del dritto | At left, an intaglio portrait vignette of Arctic explorer Knud Rasmussen faces three-quarters right, framed within an ornate border with guilloche underprint in orange and brown tones. At lower centre-right, a scenic vignette shows a figure standing on the shoreline before the distinctive flat-topped Thule Rock rising from the sea, with small boats visible in the water. The serial number appears in red at lower left and in black at upper right, with two manuscript signatures and the issuing authority inscription centred below the main title. |
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| Legenda del dritto | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del rovescio | The reverse is printed entirely in red on a light pink ground. At left, a large guilloché underprint numeral '100' occupies the centre field, overlaid with the bold diagonal text of the issuing authority name in three lines. Above it, a royal crown vignette is positioned at upper left. To the right, a shield-shaped cartouche contains a white silhouette map of Greenland set against a wavy-line guilloche background. Denomination numerals appear in all four corners, with the validity inscription running along the lower border. |
| Legenda del rovescio | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Firma/e | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Tipo di protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione della protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Varianti | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Commenti |
Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel was not a bank — it was a state trading monopoly that controlled virtually all commerce in Greenland under Danish colonial administration. These notes circulated only within Greenland, were not legal tender in Denmark proper, and formed part of a parallel monetary system designed to keep Greenlandic economic activity administratively isolated from the metropolitan economy.
Gunnar Aagaard Andersen was a significant figure in Danish modernist art, which makes his involvement here unusual — not many currency series of this period were handed to an artist of his standing rather than a professional banknote engraving house. The series ran across the full transition period leading up to Greenland's integration into the Danish constitutional framework as a county in 1953, the same year this note first appeared.