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5 Kroner Grønlands Styrelse. Type II, no pattern outside frame
| Issuer | Grønlands Styrelse (Greenland Administration) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Size | 125 × 85 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Denne Anvisning gælder ved Handelsstederne i Grønland for 5 Kroner (Translation: This note is valid at the trading posts in Greenland for 5 Kroner) |
| Reverse description | Green print on light green paper, centred on a plain white circular medallion surrounded by the legend GRØNLANDS STYRELSE. To the left of the medallion the crowned arms of Greenland display a seated polar bear, and to the right the crowned arms of Denmark bear three lions passant with nine hearts; the denomination numeral appears in each of the four corners. |
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Grønlands Styrelse — the Danish colonial administration of Greenland — issued this series during the final stages of the German occupation of Denmark, when normal fiscal channels between Copenhagen and Greenland were severed. The notes were a practical workaround for a territory that had been functionally cut off from its metropolitan authority since 1940, with the United States assuming informal protection of the island under the Hall agreement of that year.
The Type II designation distinguishes this from the earlier Type I by the absence of the decorative pattern outside the frame border — a simplified printing decision, not an error. Both types were produced at Danmarks Nationalbanks Seddeltrykeri, though their distribution to Greenland was complicated by wartime Atlantic shipping conditions.