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50 Kronor Swedish Rock Coal Company Spitsbergen LC
| Issuer | Svenska Stenkolsaktiebolaget Spetsbergen (Swedish Rock Coal Company Spitsbergen) |
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| Year | 1924-1925 |
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| Currency | Krone (1875-date) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue-green note with a fine guilloche border and pale underprint of repeated KR monograms. The issuer name in bold Gothic blackletter script occupies the central field, with the denomination numeral 50 set within an ornate guilloche cartouche flanked by KRONOR at either side. Series letter and serial number appear in boxed panels at upper left and right respectively, with a manuscript signature at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | ANVISNING Å INNESTÅENDE LÖN. Svenska Stenkolsaktiebolaget Spetsbergen utlämnar mot denna anvisning, vid Sveagruvan å Spetsbergen under nedan angivna säsong, varor för ett belopp av KRONOR 50 KRONOR (FEMTIO) Oinlösta anvisningar skola vid innehavarens avresa från Spetsbergen, och senast vid säsongens slut, avlämnas å gruvkontoret, varvid beloppet gottgöres i slutlikvid. Anvisningen är ogiltig utanför Spetsbergen och efter säsongens slut. |
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Svenska Stenkolsaktiebolaget Spetsbergen was one of several Scandinavian mining ventures operating on Svalbard in the early 1920s, when the archipelago's legal status was still being absorbed into Norwegian sovereignty following the 1920 Svalbard Treaty. Company scrip of this kind functioned as internal currency within the mining settlement, where workers had little practical access to conventional banking and company stores controlled most transactions.
The "r" suffix on the SS19r reference indicates this is the reverse-only specimen or a retained counterfoil — worth confirming against the physical piece before cataloging further.