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Copy - Møhlenseddelen 1695 100 Rigsdaler
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 100 Rixdaler |
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| Obverse lettering | N:200 Som Hans Kongl. Maiest. den 22 Junii Indebærende Aar 1695/ sin allernaadigste Forordning haver ladet udgaae/ angaaende visse Seddeler/ som i steden for bare Penge Norden: Sields udi Hans Kongelige Majestets Rige Norge sfal gielde/Saa er denne Seddel efter samme Forordnings ind: hold borden authorifered, for Bærdie af ett hundrede Rigdaler/ Kroner. (Translation: As His Royal Majesty on the 22nd of June Containing Year 1695/ his most gracious Ordinance have issued/ regarding certain Banknotes/ as replacement for Nordic Money: Seal by His Royal Majesty's Kingdom of Norway applies/As is this Banknote according to the same Ordinance: Hold Borden authorized, for bearing one hundred Rigdaler/ Kroner) |
| Reverse description | Plain white paper reverse showing bleed-through of the obverse manuscript text and wax seal impressions. A red letterpress overprint reading FAKSIMILE in vertical orientation is applied at the right side, clearly identifying this as a facsimile reproduction. |
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This is a facsimile reproduction of Norway's oldest known banknote, the so-called Møhlenseddelen — a handwritten 100 Rigsdaler note issued in Bergen in 1695 by the merchant Jørgen Thormøhlen. The original predates any formal Norwegian central bank by well over a century; Norges Bank itself wasn't established until 1816. Thormøhlen was one of Bergen's most powerful traders, and his personal credit instruments functioned in practice as circulating paper money in a colony that had none.
Norges Bank issued this reproduction in 1995 to mark the 300th anniversary of the original. The wax seal stamps are reproduced elements, not functional authentication devices.