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100 Rigsdaler / 100 Kroner - Christian V Thormøhlen notes
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Currency | Rigsdaler specie (1746-1814) |
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| Obverse description | Four red wax seals applied to the note: one in the upper left corner bearing the royal cipher of Christian V, and three along the lower edge representing the signatories Jørgen Thormøler, Jacob Sørensen (interest writer), and Lauritz Mauritzen Trap (interest writer). The central field carries a handwritten promissory text in period Danish script, with a royal monogram (CVC) positioned in the upper right of the text block. Manuscript signatures appear at the foot of the note and to the right of the text. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries handwritten manuscript inscriptions noting the denomination and control number, written twice in period script — once on the left half and once on the right half of the note. The paper exhibits faint watermark-like impressions and shows evidence of folding consistent with contemporary circulation use. |
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These are among the oldest surviving paper money instruments from Scandinavian history, issued under the authority of Christian V through the merchant and financier Jørgen Thor Møhlen, who operated a private lending and exchange house in Bergen. Thor Møhlen had been granted a form of quasi-banking privilege, and these notes functioned as personal obligations rather than state-backed instruments in any modern sense — closer to promissory notes than banknotes.
Norway would not have a formal central bank until Norges Bank was established in 1816. The wax seal present on some examples served as the primary authentication device, and its absence on surviving notes is generally attributable to the fragility of the seal over three centuries rather than variant production.