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5 Rigsbankdaler Nationalbanken, 1st issue
| Issuer | Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn |
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| Year | 1819 |
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| Currency | Rigsbankdaler (1813-1854) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on white paper. Ornamental typographic borders frame the left and right margins, with the denomination set within a decorative panel at the top centre. The promissory text occupies the central field, printed in period typeface, with the serial number at the upper left and manuscript signatures at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Paa Valuta, som Banken eier, er denne Rigs- bank-Seddel udstedt for 5 Rigsbankdaler i Overenstemmelse med Fundationen. Nationalbanken i Kiøbenhavn 1819 |
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Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn was established by royal charter in 1818, replacing the discredited Rigsbanken — itself a successor to the failed Kurantbanken — after Denmark's state bankruptcy of 1813 had wiped out confidence in government-backed paper. This note belongs to the bank's inaugural issue, meaning it entered circulation at a moment when Danish paper money carried the active memory of catastrophic devaluation less than a decade prior.
The Rigsbankdaler unit was itself a transitional denomination, introduced in 1813 at a forced conversion rate of 6 old Rigsdaler courant to 1 Rigsbankdaler. Public trust in the new institution was slow to rebuild, and early notes were frequently refused or traded at a discount in provincial markets.