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5 Kroner Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel. Type I: Perforated edge
| Issuer | Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (Royal Greenlandic Trade) |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Value | 5 Kroner (5 DKK) |
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| Obverse lettering | DENNE-ANVISNING-GÆLDER VED-HANDELSSTEDERNE-I-GRØNLAND-FOR FEM-KRONE DEN KGL. GRØNLANDSKE HANDEL-KØBENHAVN 1911 (Translation: This note is valid at the Trading Posts in Greenland for 5 Kroner Royal Greenlandic Trading, Copenhagen 1911) |
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| Protection description | Perforated border along the edges of the note, serving as a security and authentication feature. |
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Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel was a Danish state monopoly controlling all commerce in Greenland, and its notes were not legal tender in any conventional sense — they functioned as internal scrip, valid only within the colony's closed trading system. Ordinary Danish currency was effectively useless there; the KGH notes were the only medium of exchange available to Greenlandic workers and hunters receiving payment for their goods.
The perforated edge distinguishing this Type I from later variants was a simple anti-counterfeiting and control measure, not an unusual security innovation for the period. That said, the geographic isolation of the issue meant forgery was never a serious practical threat.