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5 Kroner Handelsstederne i Grønland, Type II: Stamped serial number
| Issuer | Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (Royal Greenland Trade Department) |
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| Year | 1887 |
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| Value | 5 Kroner (5 DKK) |
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| Obverse description | Light green letterpress print on plain paper, with a rectangular frame bearing the denomination in the four corners and the value text along three sides; the lower border carries the stamped serial number. A central vignette presents the numeral value flanked on either side by the crowned coat of arms of Greenland, both polar bears facing left, set within the promissory legend. Beneath the central value, two dolphins flank a trident as a decorative tailpiece. |
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| Obverse lettering | Denne Anvisning gjælder ved Handelsstederne i Grönland for FEM KRONER KJØBENHAVN 1887 (Translation: This note is valid at the Trading Posts in Greenland for five Kroner, Copenhagen 1887) |
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Kongelige Grønlandske Handel was not a bank — it was a Danish state trading monopoly that controlled virtually all commerce in Greenland from the eighteenth century onward. These notes functioned as a scrip currency within that closed system, redeemable only through KGH trading posts, and had no legal standing outside Greenland. The stamped serial number distinguishes this Type II from the handwritten serials of the earlier issue, a modest administrative upgrade that signals growing transaction volumes at the settlements.
Surviving examples are rare. The isolation of the issuing posts, the harsh climate, and the limited number of hands these notes ever passed through all work against survival.