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5 Kroner Styrelsen af Kolonierne i Grønland. Type I: Backside color being blue-green
| Issuer | Styrelsen af Kolonierne i Grønland |
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| Year | 1913 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Denne ANVISNING gælder ved Handelsstederne i Grønland for KRONER KRONER 5 5 KRONER KRONER STYRELSEN AF KOLONIERNE I GRØNLAND (Translation: This note is valid at the Trading Posts in Greenland for 5 Kroner The Agency for the Greenlandic Colonies) |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue-green on yellow paper, the reverse centres on a large numeral «5» surrounded by radiating rays extending from the centre. The Greenlandic coat of arms appears to the left of the central motif and the Danish coat of arms to the right. The issuing authority is inscribed along the bottom margin. |
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Styrelsen af Kolonierne i Grønland — the Danish Colonial Administration of Greenland — issued this note for use within Greenland's trading settlements, where the krone circulated as a controlled scrip rather than part of Denmark's general monetary supply. The isolation of Greenland's west coast communities made overprinting or recall operations slow and logistically difficult, which is part of why these early colonial notes survived in low numbers.
The Type I designation distinguishes this by its blue-green reverse from a later printing variant. Pick 14 is scarce in any grade; the series was never widely issued in volume.