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Food Coupon - Christiania Steam Kitchen
| Issuer | Christiania Dampkjøkken |
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| Year | 1930-1955 |
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| Currency | Krone (1875-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 porsjon middagsmat i Christiania Dampkjøkken (Translation: One portion of dinner in Christiania Steam Kitchen.) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, with no printed text, lettering, or decorative elements. |
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Christiania Dampkjøkken — the Christiania Steam Kitchen — was a charitable municipal dining institution in Oslo (still officially called Christiania until 1925, though the name persisted in the organization's branding for decades after). These cardboard food coupons functioned as pre-paid meal tokens distributed through social welfare channels, allowing recipients to collect meals without cash transactions at the counter — a system designed partly to prevent redemption for alcohol.
The span of issue across 25 years suggests periodic reprints rather than a single production run. Øverland's cataloguing of these as a distinct series reflects genuine collector interest in Norwegian fiscal and social welfare ephemera, though surviving examples in undamaged condition are genuinely uncommon given the disposable nature of the medium.