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3 Mark - Frederick IV With monogram
| Issuer | Kurantbanken (Den Kongelige Banco) |
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| Year | 1713 |
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| Size | 145 × 65 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse repeats the promissory text in a regularised printed script, restating the royal ordinance of 8 April 1713 and the face value of three Mark. The layout is plain and text-only, without pictorial ornament, consistent with the utilitarian production standards of this emergency issue. The repeated text served as a secondary authentication reference for the bearer. |
| Reverse lettering | Efter hans Kongl. Majesta. allernaadigste Forordning af den 8 Aprilis Aar 1713. Passere denne Seddel for Tree Mark |
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Kurantbanken — formally Den Kongelige Banco — was Denmark's first true central issuing bank, founded in 1736. That date immediately poses a problem: a note attributed to 1713 predates the institution by over two decades. The 1713 date places this firmly in the period of the older Banco og Assignations-, Vexel- og Laane-Banken, established 1736's predecessor structures, and Denmark's near-bankruptcy under Frederick IV following the Great Northern War — a period when assignats and hand-issued instruments circulated under considerable fiscal strain.
The Pick A12 attribution suggests this is among the earliest documented Danish paper issues, which survived in extremely small numbers.