Catalog
25 Øre
| Issuer | Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel |
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| Year | 1911 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | 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. |
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| Obverse lettering | DENNE ANVISNING GÆLDER VED HANDELSSTEDERNE I GRØNLAND FOR 25 ØRE DEN KGL. GRØNLANDSKE HANDEL KØBENHAVN 1911 NOTERET No 8123 |
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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.