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1 Rigsbankdaler N.V. Prinsesedler
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1814 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | No. Een Rigs= bankdaler R. B. Dette Beviis, gjeldende for I Rbdlr. Navne = Værdie, Modtages i alle offentlige Kasſer og Oppebørſeler i Norge, indtil Slutningen af Aaret 1815. Udſtædt efter høieſte Befaling. |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse, characteristic of these emergency Prinsesedler issue notes, with no design elements, vignettes, or lettering applied to this side. |
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The "Prinsesedler" — princess notes — take their nickname from the circumstances of their creation: they were designed in 1814 during the brief period when Norway was drafting its constitution at Eidsvoll and establishing Norges Bank as a sovereign institution independent of Danish financial structures. Grosch, better known as an architect, designed the series under considerable time pressure.
The lithographic execution was rudimentary by any standard, a direct consequence of Norway having no established intaglio printing infrastructure at the time. That technical limitation is itself the most telling detail about the monetary conditions of the newly independent state.