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5 Kroner Kongsberg Municipality
| Issuer | Kongsberg Kommune (Kongsberg Municipality) |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Currency | Krone (1875-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Nr.0070 Kongsberg Kommune betaler mot denne seddel til ihendehaveren Kr. 5,00 - fem kroner - Kongsberg, 1940. kemner. Gjelder kun til innbyggerne i Kongsberg. (Translation: Kongsberg Municipality pays against this note to the bearer Kr. 5.00 - five kroner - Kongsberg, 1940. treasurer. Applies only to residents of Kongsberg.) |
| Reverse description | The otherwise plain paper reverse bears a single rectangular hand-applied ink stamp as its sole authenticating element, serving in lieu of any printed design or vignette. |
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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.