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50 Øre Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company
| Issuer | Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap (The Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company) |
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| Year | 1946-1956 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Betalingsmerke utstedt av Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap Mot dette betalingsmerke, som er utstedt for tilgodehavende lønn, utleverer Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani til ihendehaveren varer for et beløp av 50 – Femti øre Ubenyttede betalingsmerker blir ved ihendehaverens avreise fra Spitsbergen i sesongen 1951/52 å tilbakelevere til kontoret mot beløpets godskriving i oppgjøret. Merket er ugyldig utenfor Spitsbergen og etter sesongens avslutning. Styrets formann. Kontorsjef, 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 øre Unused notes when the bearer departs from Spitsbergen during the season 1951/52 are 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 | Plain cream paper reverse with a single bold typographic design: the denomination '50øre' printed in blue letterpress in large display lettering that occupies nearly the entire face of the note, with no further ornamentation or text. |
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Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani issued its own scrip currency for use exclusively within Longyearbyen — a company town on Svalbard where, under the 1920 Svalbard Treaty, Norwegian sovereignty was established but the practical economy ran entirely through the mining operation. Workers were paid in company scrip and spent it at company stores. Norwegian kroner had little function there.
The SN16r suffix denotes a remainder — unissued stock, which survived in greater quantities than circulated examples. Genuinely used copies from the 1946–1956 window show wear consistent with a small, closed community where the same notes passed through few hands repeatedly.