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25 Øre - Christian X
| Issuer | Grønlands Styrelse (Greenland Administration) |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Weight | 6.9 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A polar bear advancing to the left occupies the central field, rendered in bold relief. The denomination 25 ØRE is inscribed above the bear, while the date 1926 and engravers' initials H·C·N and ♥·G·J appear below, flanking the mint master's initials G·S. A heart-shaped mintmark, identifying the Copenhagen Royal Danish Mint, appears to the right. The design is framed by a beaded border. |
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Greenland's coinage was administered not by the Danish state directly but by Grønlands Styrelse, the colonial management body that controlled trade, labor, and virtually all commerce on the island under a strict monopoly system. These coins were effectively company scrip with royal authority — designed to circulate within a closed economy where Greenlanders traded almost exclusively through KGH, the Royal Greenland Trade Department. They had little utility outside the island.
The 1926 issue is the first year of this denomination in copper-nickel, replacing an earlier aluminum series. Mintage was modest, reflecting the small and deliberately controlled population of Greenland's west coast trading settlements at the time.