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100 Kroner Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company
| Uitgever | Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap (The Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1930-1936 |
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| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Plain cream paper note printed entirely in red and black letterpress. A decorative border of interlocking geometric motifs frames the note on all sides. At the top, two filled rectangular panels carry the series designation and serial number fields, flanking the bold Gothic-script title 'Betalingsmerke' (Payment Note); below, the issuer's name 'Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap' is set in large blackletter type. The denomination '100 = hundrede kroner' is printed in large red Gothic script across the centre, above a block of Norwegian text stating the terms of redemption; at the lower left appears a manuscript signature above the printed designation 'Styrets formand' (Chairman of the Board), with 'Kontorchef, Spitsbergen' indicated at lower right. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Betalingsmerke utstedt av Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap Mot dette betalingsmerke, som er utstedt for tilgodehavende løn, utleverer Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani til ihændehaveren varer for et beløp av 100 - hundrede kroner Ubenyttede betalingsmerker blir ved ihændehaverens avreise fra Spitsbergen i sæsonen 1930/31 at tilbakelevere til konto- ret mot beløpets godskrivning i opgjøret. Merket er ugyldig utenfor Spitsbergen og efter sæsonens avslutning. Styrets formand. Kontorchef, Spitsbergen. (Translation: Payment note issued by The Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company Against this payment note, which is issued for outstanding wages, The Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company delivers to the bearer goods for an amount of 100 kroner Unused notes when the bearer departs from Spitsbergen during the season 1930/31 are returned to the office against credit of the amount in the settlement. The note is invalid outside Spitsbergen and after the end of the season. Chairman of the board. Office manager, Spitsbergen.) |
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Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani issued its own scrip currency for use exclusively within its Svalbard mining settlements — Longyearbyen principally — where no Norwegian state banking infrastructure existed. This was company town economics in its starkest form: workers were paid in scrip redeemable only at company-run stores and facilities, a system that kept capital circulating within the operation rather than bleeding out to the mainland.
The SN52r designation suggests a remainder exists in the series — unissued stock, likely recovered when the scrip system was eventually wound down. Svalbard's peculiar legal status under the 1920 Spitsbergen Treaty meant Norwegian law applied, but enforcement was thin and practical sovereignty largely belonged to whoever was digging coal.