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20 Kroner Essay
| Issuer | Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (Royal Greenland Trade) |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Krone (1873-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | KUNGÆLDENDE I GRØNLAND. TYVE KRONER (Translation: Valid only in Greenland. Twenty Kroner) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
Matej Gabris is a Slovak designer and engraver who has produced intaglio work for several smaller issuing authorities and philatelic projects; his involvement here places this squarely in the tradition of privately commissioned essay pieces rather than any official currency program. The Kongelige Grønlandske Handel — the Royal Greenland Trade monopoly dissolved in 1986 — has no current mandate to issue banknotes, which makes this a speculative design exercise rather than a rejected government submission.
Essays of this type, produced decades after an issuer's commercial dissolution, exist primarily for the collector market. The watermark inclusion suggests cotton substrate sourced from a security paper supplier, not a central bank requisition.