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100 Kroner Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company
| Issuer | Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap |
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| Year | 1946-1956 |
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| Currency | Krone (1875-date) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow underprint covers the central field, framed by a decorative typographic border of interlocking chain-link and spindle ornaments. The issuer's name, Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap, is set in bold blackletter script at centre, above the denomination stated in large display type as '100 = hundrede kroner'. Series designation and serial number appear in ruled cartouches at upper left and right respectively, with two manuscript signatures below the body text, captioned 'Styrets formann' and 'Kontorsjef, Spitsbergen'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Betalingsmerke utstedt av Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap Mot dette betalingsmerke, som er utstedt for tilgodehavende lønn, utleverer Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani til ihendehaveren varer for et beløp av 100 - hundrede kroner Ubenyttede betalingsmerker blir ved ihendehaverens avreise fra Spitsbergen i sesongen 1946/47 å tilbakelevere til konto- ret mot beløpets godskriving i oppgjøret. Merket er ugyldig utenfor Spitsbergen og efter sesongens avslutning. Styrets formann. Kontorsjef, 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 beares departs from Spitsbergen during the season 1946/47 is 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 — better known simply as Store Norske — operated the coal mines at Longyearbyen under a concession arrangement that gave it near-total administrative control over the settlement. The company issued its own scrip currency for use exclusively within that closed economy, where Norwegian krone had limited practical utility and the company controlled the only store, housing, and services available to miners. This was not an unusual arrangement for isolated industrial camps of the period, but the Arctic geography made it more absolute than most.
The 1946–1956 dating span reflects reuse of the same printed stock across a decade, with issue dates applied individually. The reverse variety (SN54r) is the scarcer of the two catalogue references.