Vollständige Bilder anzeigen — kostenlose Registrierung
Mit Google fortfahren — kostenlos oder mit E-Mail registrieren

5 Rigsdaler Courant

Emittent Kongelige Regjerings Commission (Royal Government Commission), Christiania
Jahr 1807
Typ Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Nennwert Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Währung Rigsdaler courant (1628-1814)
Material Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Größe Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Form Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Druckerei Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Designer Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Stecher Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Im Umlauf bis Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Referenz(en) Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Vorderseitenbeschreibung Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Vorderseitenlegende Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Rückseitenbeschreibung Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Rückseitenlegende Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Unterschrift(en) Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Sicherheitsmerkmal Impressed dry stamp
Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale Two blind embossed dry-stamp seals pressed through the paper: the royal monogram of King Frederick VI to the left of the central frame and the Danish royal coat of arms to the right, serving as authentication countermarks.
Varianten Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Anmerkungen

The Royal Government Commission in Christiania was established specifically to issue emergency paper money after the British bombardment of Copenhagen in September 1807 and the subsequent seizure of the Danish fleet. Denmark-Norway's financial apparatus was effectively severed from Copenhagen overnight, and these notes were the improvised response — a local authority printing currency because the normal channels of supply from the capital had collapsed.

The impressed dry stamp was the sole security measure, which tells you something about how quickly this series had to be put together. Forgery risk was considered secondary to the immediate need for a functioning circulating medium in Norwegian territory.