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5 Kroner Kongsberg Municipality
| Issuer | Kongsberg Kommune (Kongsberg Municipality) |
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| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed on plain light-grey paper stock by letterpress, the note carries the municipal coat of arms of Kongsberg in the upper right — a standing armoured figure holding a sword and shield beneath a mural crown — with a serial number at the upper left. The issuer name 'Kongsberg Kommune' is set in bold letterpress across the centre, beneath which the denomination 'Kr. 5,00 - fem kroner -' appears in italic script underscored by a double rule. The date and place of issue 'Kongsberg, 1940' are printed in the lower centre above a manuscript signature line, with a restricting clause in italic at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | Kongsberg kemnerkontor (Translation: Kongsberg tax office) |
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Kongsberg was home to the Royal Norwegian Mint, and when German forces occupied Norway in April 1940, the municipal authorities issued emergency notes to keep local commerce functioning as the national banking system seized up. This 5 Kroner piece is one of several denominations produced locally — the irony of a mint town resorting to printed municipal scrip was not lost on contemporaries.
Kongsberg Kommune issues from this period are among the more historically loaded of the Norwegian occupation notgeld, given the site's strategic importance to the occupiers.