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8 Rigsbankskilling
| Issuer | Norges midlertidige Rigsbank |
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| Year | 1815 |
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| Value | 8 Skilling (1⁄12) |
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| Obverse lettering | No. Otte Rigsbank:Skilling. Udſtædt for 8 Rigsbank:Skilling af Nor- ges midlertidige Rigsbank, for hvilke Otte Rigs- bank-Skilling denne Seddel Igjen af Rigsbanken indlöses. Christiania 1814 |
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| Protection description | Impressed dry stamp bearing the Norwegian coat of arms, applied to the upper right of the obverse. |
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Norges midlertidige Rigsbank — the "temporary state bank" — was established in 1814 as Norway asserted independence following the Napoleonic Wars and the dissolution of the union with Denmark. It was always intended as a stopgap institution, and this 8 Rigsbankskilling reflects that transitional moment precisely: an odd denomination issued by a bank that knew it would not last, denominated in a currency unit borrowed from the Danish system it was simultaneously trying to break from.
The embossed stamp served as the primary security measure — straightforward to apply locally without sophisticated printing infrastructure, which mattered in Christiania at the time. The bank was superseded by Norges Bank in 1816.