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5 Kroner Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company
| Issuer | Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap (Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company) |
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| Year | 1919-1926 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-white note printed entirely in black letterpress, without pictorial vignette. The issuer's name, Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap, is set in ornate Gothic script at centre, flanked by decorative scrollwork cartouches, with series and serial number panels at upper left and upper right respectively; the denomination line '5 — Fem kroner' is supported by a light guilloche-style underprint in blue-grey. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower left and lower right, each above a printed role designation. |
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| Obverse lettering | Betalingsmerke utstedt av Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap Mot dette betalingsmerke, som er utstedt for tilgodehavende løn, utleverer Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, til ihændehaveren varer for et -beløp av 5 - Fem kroner Ubenyttede betalingsmerker blir ved ihændehaverens avreise fra Spitsbergen i sæsonen 1923/24 at tilbakelevere til kontoret mot beløpets godskrivning i opgjøret. Merket er ugyldig utenfor Spitsbergen og efter sæsonens avslutning. Styrets formand. Kontordjef, Spitsbergen. (Translation: Payment note issued by The Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company Against this payment note, which is issued for outstanding wages, The Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company delivers to the bearer goods for an amount of 5 kroner Unused notes when the bearer departs from Spitsbergen during the season 1923/24 is returned to the office against credit of the amount in the settlement. The note is invalid outside Spitsbergen and after the end of the season. Chairman of the board. Office manager, Spitsbergen.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain cream paper, unadorned by border or subsidiary text. The denomination '5 Kr.' is rendered in a single large, bold display typeface with internal cross-hatched shading, occupying virtually the entire face. |
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