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5 Kroner Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel. Type II: Straight edge, watermark
| Issuer | Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (Royal Greenlandic Trading Company) |
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| Year | 1911 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and yellow letterpress print on white paper with an ornate border formed by the denomination rendered in full text and numerals in each corner. A central vignette presents a polar bear standing on ice, set within a circular frame, with the issuer name inscribed below and the promissory legend arching above. The four corners of the note carry alternating Danish and Greenlandic coats of arms, connected by cloud-pattern guilloche underprint elements spanning the full width of the note. |
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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 | Watermark reading DKGH (for Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel) within a rectangular frame, visible in the paper. |
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