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10 Kroner Kyrkjebø Municipality, Printed
| Issuer | Kyrkjebø Kommune (Kyrkjebø Municipality) |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Value | 10 Kroner (10 NOK) |
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| Obverse description | Plain unadorned certificate layout printed in black on cream paper, with no vignette or ornamental underprint. The title 'CERTIFIKAT' appears in bold letterpress at the top, followed by the redemption text in a cursive script typeface and the denomination 'Kr. 10 — KRONER TI' in bold. The issuing authority 'KYRKJEBØ KOMMUNE' is printed in bold capitals above two manuscript signatures, with the signatories' roles — 'Ordførar eller kontorsjef' and 'Heradskasserar' — indicated by printed labels beneath each; a hand-stamped serial number appears in the upper right corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | CERTIFIKAT. Vi løyser inn denne tilvisinga med Kr. 10 - KRONER TI så snart pengetilhøva vert normale. Høyanger den 25. april 1940. KYRKJEBØ KOMMUNE Ordførar eller kontorsjef. Heradskasserar. (Translation: Certificate. We redeem this note with Kr. 10 - Kroner Ten as soon as money conditions return to normal. Høyanger 25 April 1940. Kyrkjebø Municipality Mayor or office manager. Treasurer.) |
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Kyrkjebø Municipality issued this note in 1940 as a local emergency currency, a direct consequence of the German occupation disrupting normal banking and coin supply across rural Norway. Dozens of Norwegian municipalities resorted to the same measure that year, but notes from smaller communes in Sogn og Fjordane — Kyrkjebø among them — survive in far lower numbers than those from larger urban centers.
Høyanger, where this was printed, was home to an aluminum smelter that made the area strategically significant to the occupiers, which adds a layer of complexity to the local economy at the moment this note entered circulation.