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5 Rigsbankdaler N.V. Prinsesedler
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1814 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on plain paper with decorative border patterns along both vertical edges. The denomination "Fem Rigsbankdaler" is stated in the upper portion alongside the serial number, followed by a central promissory text in period Danish-Norwegian script. Two manuscript signatures appear at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | No. Fem Rigs= bankdaler R. B. Dette Beviis, gjeldende for 5 Rbdlr. Navne = Værdie, Modtages i alle offentlige Kasser og Oppebørseler i Norge, indtil Slutningen af Aaret 1815. Udstædt efter høieste Befaling. |
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The "Prinsesedler" — princess notes — take their name from Princess Charlotte of Wales, whose portrait was considered for inclusion during the note's design phase, though the connection is more legend than confirmed history. What is documented is that these notes were prepared in 1814 under extraordinary circumstances: Norway was in the process of declaring independence from Denmark, and Norges Bank itself was not yet formally established when the first issues were authorized. The notes preceded the bank's official founding in 1816, making them a genuinely anomalous instrument — currency issued by an institution that did not yet legally exist.
Grosch, better known as an architect, was one of the few trained designers available in Christiania at the time.