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2 Vestindiske Dalere St. Croix
| Issuer | Dansk Vestindisk Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of Mercury enclosed within a decorative frame at left, with a portrait of Zeus at right; the colonial arms appear at lower center. The layout is typical of late 19th-century intaglio engraving, with fine line-work borders framing the central composition. |
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| Reverse description | Plain grey ground bearing a single large intaglio numeral '2' centered on the note, rendered in an ornate script with fine guilloche latticework infill throughout the body of the digit, casting a shadow effect to the right. |
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The Dansk Vestindisk Nationalbank was chartered specifically to serve the Danish Caribbean colonies — St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. Jan — and operated under close oversight from Copenhagen. The 2 Vestindiske Dalere denomination was a colonial unit entirely separate from the Danish krone system, pegged instead to the US dollar at a rate that reflected the islands' commercial orbit around American markets rather than European ones.
St. Croix is named as the place of payment on this note, distinguishing it from parallel issues made payable at St. Thomas, where the bank's main office was located. The two are frequently conflated.