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5 Kronor Swedish Rock Coal Company Spitsbergen LC
| Issuer | Svenska Stenkolsaktiebolaget Spetsbergen (Swedish Rock Coal Company Spitsbergen) |
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| Year | 1924-1925 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | ANVISNING Å INNESTÅENDE LÖN. Svenska Stenkolsaktiebolaget Spetsbergen utlämnar mot denna anvisning, vid Sveagruvan å Spetsbergen under nedan angivna säsong, varor för ett belopp av KRONOR 5 KRONOR (FEM) Oinlösta anvisningar skola vid innehavarens avresa från Spetsbergen, och senast vid säsongens slut, avlämnas å gruvkontoret, varvid beloppet gottgöres i slutlikvid. Anvisningen är ogiltig utanför Spetsbergen och efter säsongens slut. |
| Reverse description | Blank, showing only the show-through impression of the obverse text and guilloche underprint visible through the thin paper stock. |
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Svenska Stenkolsaktiebolaget Spetsbergen was one of several Scandinavian mining concerns operating on the Svalbard archipelago following the 1920 Spitsbergen Treaty, which opened the islands to commercial exploitation by signatory nations while placing them under Norwegian sovereignty. The company issued its own scrip for use within its mining settlement — a closed economy where workers had no practical access to conventional banking. These notes circulated only within the company's own store and payroll system.
The "LC" suffix in the reference denotes a left counterfoil — the note retains its stub, which is the condition most examples do not survive in.