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25 Kroner Jonas Øglænd
| Issuer | Jonas Øglænd, Sandnes, Norway |
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| Size | 145 × 93 mm |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress-printed anvisning (order note) on plain paper stock, enclosed within a decorative border composed of two dotted rules and a continuous scrollwork guilloche pattern at top and bottom. The central text block carries the denomination KR. 25.00 — FEM OG TYVE KRONER in bold display type, flanked above and below by the full terms of redemption in Norwegian. Two printed facsimile signatures of J. Øglænd and Lars Øglænd appear at the lower portion beneath the issuer name JONAS ØGLÆND, with space for a hand-stamped serial number in black ink. |
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| Signature(s) | J. Øglænd and Lars Øglænd |
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Jonas Øglænd was a bicycle manufacturer in Sandnes who built DBS — one of Scandinavia's most commercially successful bike brands — but during the German occupation of Norway (1940–45), severe coin shortages forced local businesses to issue their own emergency scrip. This note is one such nødmynt substitute, circulating among workers and local tradesmen when Riksbank coin simply wasn't available. The dual signatures of J. Øglænd and Lars Øglænd reflect the family-run structure of the firm at the time.
Printed locally by Ingvald Dahle rather than a professional security press, these notes were never intended to circulate far or long.