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10 Kroner Bergens Kommune
| Issuer | Bergens Kommune (Municipality of Bergen) |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Value | 10 Kroner (10 NOK) |
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| Obverse description | Ochre guilloche underprint covers the face, framed by a decorative border of repeated ornamental units. The issuer name BERGENS KOMMUNE appears in bold letterpress at upper right, with the serial number box at upper left. The denomination KR.10 - TI KRONER is set in large display type at centre, flanked below by two manuscript signatures over printed titles, with a small vignette of Bergen's fortified castle arms at foot centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | BERGENS KOMMUNE anviser ihendehaveren herav KR. 10-TI KRONER til utbetaling av Bergens Bykasse. Denne anvisning innløses av byens banker. ORDFØRER. FINANSRÅDMANN. (Translation: The Municipality of Bergen directs the holder of this note KR. 10-TEN KRONER to be paid by the Bergen City Fund. This note will be cashed by the city's banks. Mayor. Financial Advisor.) |
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Bergen's municipal government issued this note during the German occupation of Norway, when the Reichskommissariat's seizure of Norges Bank reserves created an acute shortage of small-denomination currency in circulation. Several Norwegian municipalities stepped in as emergency issuers in 1940 — Bergen among the most administratively organized of them.
Local printing under occupation conditions meant quality control was inconsistent across the run, and surviving examples show noticeable variation in ink density and registration.