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5 Rigsbankdaler N.V. Prinsesedler
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1814 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | No. Fem Rigs= bankdaler R. B. Dette Beviis, gjeldende for 5 Rbdlr. Navne = Værdie, Modtages i alle offentlige Kasſer og Oppebørſeler i Norge, indtil Slutningen af Aaret 1815. Udſtædt efter høieſte Befaling. |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse, with the promissory text repeated in a slightly regularised orthographic variant, characteristic of the handpress production process used for these emergency Prinsesedler notes. |
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The "Prinsesedler" — princess notes — take their name from Princess Charlotte of Wales, whose portrait was considered for inclusion during the note's design phase, though the connection is more legend than confirmed history. What is documented is that these notes were prepared in 1814 under extraordinary circumstances: Norway was in the process of declaring independence from Denmark, and Norges Bank itself was not yet formally established when the first issues were authorized. The notes preceded the bank's official founding in 1816, making them a genuinely anomalous instrument — currency issued by an institution that did not yet legally exist.
Grosch, better known as an architect, was one of the few trained designers available in Christiania at the time.