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50 Rigsdaler Courant
| Issuer | Den Kongelige Regjerings-Commission (Royal Government Commission of Norway) |
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| Year | 1807 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in black on plain paper. At the top, the serial number is set above a rectangular border enclosing the denomination in large type. The lower portion carries the full promissory text in Danish, with manuscript signatures; a decorative woodcut or typographic ornament appears at the left margin, with an additional countersignature to the right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse appears to be plain, unprinted paper, as was typical of these emergency wartime credit notes issued by the Royal Government Commission of Norway during the Napoleonic Wars period. |
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The Royal Government Commission was a temporary administrative body established in 1807 after Britain's attack on Copenhagen and the seizure of the Danish fleet severed Norway from Denmark. Cut off from the Copenhagen-based financial apparatus, Norwegian authorities needed an independent note issue fast. These Rigsdaler Courant notes were the result — printed locally in Christiania under emergency conditions, not by a dedicated bank of issue, which Norway did not yet have.
The "AX" Pick prefix signals an unconfirmed or provisional cataloging — the series sits outside the main Norwegian sequence precisely because the issuing body was ad hoc and short-lived. Surviving examples are rare, and the paper quality of the local printing reflects the haste of the circumstances.