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5 Kroner Styrelsen af Kolonierne i Grønland. Type II: Backside color being lightgreen
| Uitgever | Styrelsen af Kolonierne i Grønland (Administration of the Colonies in Greenland) |
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| Jaar | 1913 |
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| Valuta | Krone (1873-date) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Green intaglio print on light green paper, with a rectangular frame bearing the denomination in each corner and in the centre of the upper panel. A central circular vignette shows a polar bear resting on ice, flanked on either side by the denomination value. Promissory text is arranged along the top of the note, with the issuing authority inscription running along the lower margin. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | 5 KRONER STYRELSEN AF KOLONIERNE I GRØNLAND (Translation: 5 Kroner The Agency for the Greenlandic Colonies) |
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| Opmerkingen |
Styrelsen af Kolonierne i Grønland operated as a Danish state trading monopoly, and its banknotes functioned as a closed-currency system — valid only within Greenland and not convertible in Denmark proper. This arrangement, maintained well into the twentieth century, ensured that wages paid to both Danish administrators and Greenlandic workers could not easily leave the island economy.
The Type II designation here refers specifically to the light green reverse, distinguishing it from the earlier Type I printing. This kind of mid-series color change typically reflects a reprint run using a different ink batch or a deliberate attempt to complicate counterfeiting — though on a note circulating in one of the world's most geographically isolated territories, the counterfeiting risk was minimal at best.