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20 Kroner Business Bank, Namsos
| Issuer | A/S Forretningsbanken Namsos |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Value | 20 Kroner (20 NOK) |
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| Obverse description | Plain white check-format emergency note issued by A/S Forretningsbanken Namsos, dated 18 April 1940. The denomination 'tyve kroner' is printed in bold letterpress at centre, with 'Kr. 20,-' at upper right and a serial number at upper left. A vertical side inscription reads payable at all banks in Nord-Trøndelag, with two manuscript signatures and a cancellation stamp at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | Betalbar ved samtlige banker i Nord-Trøndelag. A/S FORRETNINGSBANKEN NAMSOS Kr. 20,- Mot denne check betaler vi til ihendehaveren - tyve kroner - Namsos 18. april 1940 A.S FORRETNINGSBANKEN (Translation: Payable at all banks in Nord-Trøndelag. LLC Business Bank Namsos Kr. 20,- Against this check we pay to the bearer - twenty kroner - Namsos 18. april 1940 LLC Business Bank) |
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A/S Forretningsbanken Namsos was a small regional commercial bank operating in the coastal town of Namsos in Trøndelag. The timing of this 1940 issue is not incidental — Germany invaded Norway in April of that year, and the disruption to the central banking system prompted several provincial institutions to issue emergency notes to keep local commerce functioning. Whether this specific note was printed before or after the April invasion is not firmly established in the literature.
Namsos itself was heavily bombed and largely destroyed by German and British naval bombardment in late April and early May 1940, which makes any surviving material from this issuer and period genuinely uncommon.