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5 Rigsdaler Nationalbanken, stamped serial number, no impressed stamps
| Issuer | Nationalbanken i Kjøbenhavn |
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| Year | 1872-1874 |
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| Currency | Rigsdaler rigsmont (1854-1873) |
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| Obverse description | The note is framed by twin vertical border columns with interlaced foliate ornament and denomination numerals, each incorporating a circular vignette after classical Roman iconography — Neptune at left and Ceres at right. The denomination is set at the top centre above the bilingual promissory text, beneath which two manuscript signatures appear, with a stamped serial number at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain paper surface bearing visible fold lines and a faint guilloche underprint at the centre. |
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Henrik Olrik designed the engraved plates for this series, but the work of cutting them was executed by the Royal Danish Mint's workshop — an unusual arrangement that kept the production largely in-house at a time when most Scandinavian issuers were contracting out to British or Continental printers. The stamped serial number variant sits between the earliest hand-numbered examples and later fully mechanized issues, reflecting the bank's incremental modernization of its production controls during the early 1870s.
The absence of impressed (embossed) stamps distinguishes this from the more common P#A62A issues and is the key diagnostic when attributing the type.