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50 Kroner Grønlands Styrelse. Type I: Pattern outside frame

Issuer Grønlands Styrelse (Greenland Administration)
Year 1926-1945
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Currency Krone (1873-date)
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Obverse description Printed in purple on light brown paper, the obverse is centred on a circular vignette of a sailing vessel, flanked on either side by a circular guilloche medallion carrying the denomination numeral. An upper text panel bears the issuing legend, while a lower panel accommodates the signature block. The entire composition is enclosed within a decorative frame with the name of the issuing authority inscribed along each side.
Obverse lettering Denne Anvisning gælder ved Handelsstederne i Grønland for 50 KRONER
(Translation: This note can be used at the trading posts in Greenland as 50 Kroner)
Reverse description Printed in light purple on brown paper, the reverse is centred on a white circular guilloche roundel bearing the monogram 'GS', encircled by the inscription GRØNLANDS STYRELSE. To the left stands the crowned Greenlandic arms displaying a seated polar bear, and to the right the crowned Danish arms with three lions passant and nine hearts. The denomination numeral appears in each of the four corners.
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