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6 Rigsbankskilling - Frederick VII Handelsstederne i Grønland
| Issuer | Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (Royal Greenland Trade Department) |
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| Year | 1848 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A27 |
| Obverse description | Printed in blue with red decorative elements and black value numerals. The denomination appears within a rectangular panel at the top, below which runs the full promissory text. To the left is the royal cypher of the reigning monarch Frederick VII, while to the right stands the crowned Greenlandic polar bear as heraldic vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | 6 Rb.Skl. Denne Anviisning gjelder for Sex Rigsbank Skilling ved Handelsstederne i Grönland. Kjöbenhavn, 1848 (Translation: 6 Rigsbankskilling This note is valid for six Rigsbankskilling at the Trading Posts in Greenland. Copenhagen, 1848) |
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The Kongelige Grønlandske Handel held an absolute trade monopoly over Greenland under Danish crown administration, and its banknotes were an instrument of that control — valid only within the trading settlements, not redeemable in Copenhagen. This was currency by captive market. The 1848 date places issue squarely under Frederick VII, who had just acceded to the throne following Christian VIII's death in January of that year, and whose reign would shortly produce Denmark's first constitution.
Greenlandic trade notes of this period are genuinely uncommon survivors — the remote settlement economy they served left few reasons to preserve them once redeemed.