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25 Rigsdaler / 25 Kroner - Christian V Thormøhlen notes
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Value | 25 Rixdaler |
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| Reverse lettering | Croner = 25 = Rx |
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| Protection description | Four applied red wax seals: one royal seal of Christian V at upper left and three official seals of the authorized signatories along the bottom margin. |
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Among the earliest paper money issued anywhere in Scandinavia, these notes were produced by the private merchant and financier Jørgen Thormøhlen under a royal privilege granted by Christian V. Thormøhlen's Christiania bank was not a state institution — it was a commercially licensed venture, effectively a private monopoly on paper credit in Norway, operating under royal sanction but at Thormøhlen's own risk. The enterprise collapsed within a few years, and the notes were never redeemed at full value.
The wax seal served as the primary authentication device — handwritten text and manuscript signatures completed each note individually at issue. No two are identical in execution.