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5 Kroner Danish Red Cross; Hospital Ship MS Jutlandia
| Issuer | Dansk Røde Kors (Danish Red Cross) |
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| Currency | Krone (1873-date) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue and red letterpress voucher with a repeating 'DRK' underprint across the field; the denomination '5 KRONER' and issuer name 'DANSK RØDE KORS' printed in large red letters over the underprint, with 'JUTLANDIASEDDEL' below. A red cross occupies each corner, a two-panel bilingual text box at the foot, and a black serial number to the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Identical in design to the obverse — light blue 'DRK' repeating underprint with red 'DANSK RØDE KORS', '5 KRONER', and 'JUTLANDIASEDDEL' in large letterpress type, red crosses at each corner, and the bilingual restriction panel at the foot — but without a serial number. |
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Dansk Røde Kors issued this note for use aboard the hospital ship MS Jutlandia during her deployments to Korea between 1951 and 1953, functioning as an internal scrip currency for crew and staff rather than a negotiable instrument in any national monetary system. The Jutlandia was the only Scandinavian vessel to serve in the Korean War theater under Red Cross auspices, and the closed economic environment of a hospital ship made a dedicated scrip both practical and necessary.
Printed in Denmark, the series is small and the notes saw genuinely limited circulation — confined to a single vessel, thousands of miles from home.