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5 Kroner Stord Herad
| Issuer | Stord Herad (Stord Municipality) |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain orange-buff paper note with a simple letterpress-printed border of interlocking scroll ornaments running the full perimeter, with the denomination numeral '5' in each corner box. The issuer name 'Stord herad' is set in Gothic blackletter type at the top, followed by the guarantee text 'gjev trygd for' in smaller roman type, the denomination 'Fem kroner' in large bold Gothic type at centre, and the authority line 'Stord formannskap 1940.' below. A handwritten serial number appears in the upper right, and two manuscript signatures occupy the lower half of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this wartime municipal emergency note is plain and unprinted, left blank on the same orange-buff paper stock, consistent with the expedient production methods employed by Norwegian municipalities during the German occupation of 1940 when normal banking and currency supply were disrupted. |
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Stord Herad was one of dozens of Norwegian municipalities forced to issue emergency notes following the German occupation in April 1940, when the disruption to banking supply chains left local authorities without adequate small change. These kommunale sedler were a direct consequence of occupation-era hoarding — coins and Norges Bank notes disappeared into mattresses and stockrooms almost immediately after the invasion.
Stord, a coastal municipality in Hordaland, had practical reasons to act quickly: the local shipyard and associated industries meant a working population that needed to be paid in usable denominations. The note circulated locally and was redeemed after the war under the postwar currency settlement.