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5 Rigsdaler - Christian VII Kongelige Grønlandske Handel
| Uitgever | Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (Royal Greenlandic Trading Company) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1804 |
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| Waarde | 5 Rigsdaler = 480 Skilling |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 5 Rigsdaler. Den Kongelige Grönlandſke Handel betaler denne Anviisning ved Handelsſtederne i Grönland med 5 Rdlr., ſkriver Fem Rigsdaler Danſk Courant. Kiöbenhavn 1804. (Translation: 5 Rigsdaler. The Royal Greenlandic Trading will pay this note at the trading posts in Greenland with 5 Rigsdaler, written five Rigsdaler Danish Courant. Copenhagen 1804) |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Unprinted verso on plain paper stock, showing natural aging and foxing consistent with the period. The text from the obverse is partially visible as a light show-through impression across the surface, with no intentional design or lettering applied to this side. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel operated as a Danish crown monopoly controlling all trade with Greenland, and its notes functioned as a closed-circuit currency — valid only within the colony and unredeemable outside it. Colonists and workers had no practical choice but to accept them. This 5 Rigsdaler note from 1804 circulated in a trading environment where physical coin shipment across the North Atlantic was both expensive and impractical, making paper the only workable medium.
Christian VII, in whose name the company operated, had by this date been effectively incapacitated for decades — the note's royal attribution was administrative formality, not active royal sanction.