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25 Øre

Emittent Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel
Jahr 1911
Typ Standard circulation banknote
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung Single-sided note printed in red-pink ink on plain paper, with a decorative border of scrollwork and corner ornaments. The central vignette within a circular frame depicts a wading bird (heron) with ducks on water, flanked by two armorial shields — the Greenlandic bear passant at left and the Danish three lions at right. The denomination '25 ØRE' appears in large letterpress type above the lower border, with the issuer's name 'DEN KGL. GRØNLANDSKE HANDEL' and place and date 'KØBENHAVN 1911' inscribed below the vignette, accompanied by two manuscript signatures.
Vorderseitenlegende DENNE ANVISNING GÆLDER
VED HANDELSSTEDERNE I GRØNLAND FOR
25 ØRE
DEN KGL. GRØNLANDSKE HANDEL
KØBENHAVN 1911
NOTERET
No 8123
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Anmerkungen

Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel — the Royal Greenland Trade Department — held a state monopoly over all commerce in Greenland until 1950, and these small-denomination trade notes were the practical instrument of that monopoly. They circulated exclusively within Greenland and were not redeemable outside it, functioning less as currency in any conventional banking sense and more as company scrip tied to a captive colonial economy.

The 1911 series is among the earlier surviving issues from this authority. Attrition rates were high given Greenland's climate and the informal conditions under which these notes changed hands.