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20 Daler Bornholm
| Issuer | Bornholms Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Orange and gold guilloche underprint with a central oval vignette bearing the numeral 20. To the right, a portrait of a man in a hat faces left. A decorative ribbon scroll inscribed 'Bornholmerspillet' appears at left. Two serial numbers and two facsimile signatures appear at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | BORNHOLMS NATIONALBANK TYVE DALER 20 SPILLEPENGE |
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Bornholms Nationalbank was not a central bank in any meaningful sense — it was a small regional savings institution on the Danish island of Bornholm, and its "banknotes" were promotional novelty issues produced for the tourist trade, never legal tender. The 1981 series, of which this 20 Daler piece is part, used the invented denomination "Daler" — an archaic Scandinavian currency unit long out of circulation — specifically to underline the non-monetary character of the pieces.
Essentially a souvenir coupon dressed in banknote clothing. Redeemable, if at all, only within whatever local commercial arrangement sponsored the issue.