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50 Kroner Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company

Issuer Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap (The Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company)
Year 1924-1925
Type Local banknote
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Obverse description Typeset payment note printed entirely in red on cream paper, enclosed within a decorative red chain-link rectangular border. The issuer's name «Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap» is set in bold blackletter type at the centre, above the denomination «50 = Femti kroner» in large display type. Series and number boxes appear in the upper left and right corners respectively, with the full terms of use and validity conditions set in smaller roman type throughout the field, and the signature titles «Styrets formand» and «Kontorchef, Spitsbergen» printed at the lower left and right.
Obverse lettering Betalingsmerke utstedt av Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap Mot dette betalingsmerke, som er utstedt for tilgodehavende løn, utleverer Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani til ihændehaveren varer for et beløp av 50 - femti kroner Ubenyttede betalingsmerker blir ved ihændehaverens avreise fra Spitsbergen i sæsonen 1924/25 at tilbakelevere til kontoret mot beløpets godskrivning i opgjøret. Merket er ugyldig utenfor Spitsbergen og efter sæsonens avslutning. Styrets formand. Kontorchef, Spitsbergen.
(Translation: Payment note issued by The Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company Against this payment note, which is issued for outstanding wages, The Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company delivers to the bearer goods for an amount of 50 kroner Unused notes when the bearer departs from Spitsbergen during the season 1924/25 is returned to the office against credit of the amount in the settlement. The note is invalid outside Spitsbergen and after the end of the season. Chairman of the board. Office manager, Spitsbergen.)
Reverse description Completely uniface; the reverse is left blank, printed on plain cream paper with no text, vignette, or other design elements.
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