Catalog
16 Rigsbankskilling
| Issuer | Norges midlertidige Rigsbank |
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| Year | 1815 |
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| Size | 110 × 105 mm |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on plain paper, with a decorative border incorporating a patterned rule along the left side. The denomination "Sexten Rigs: bank: Skilling" appears at the top, followed by a central promissory text block in period Gothic script. Two manuscript signatures appear at the foot of the note, while an impressed intaglio stamp bearing the coat of arms is applied to the upper right area. |
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| Protection type | Impressed stamp |
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Norges midlertidige Rigsbank — Norway's temporary state bank — was established in 1814 following the dissolution of the union with Denmark and the scramble to build functioning national institutions from scratch. The 16 Rigsbankskilling denomination is an odd one, reflecting the transitional monetary arithmetic of that period: the Rigsbankdaler was divided into 96 Rigsbankskilling, a base-96 system inherited from Danish currency conventions rather than any clean decimal logic.
The impressed stamp security feature — a dry embossed seal pressed directly into the paper — was a low-technology anti-counterfeiting measure suited to what was still a very young and modestly equipped issuing authority. Printing took place in Christiania, as Norway had no alternative.