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Food Coupon - Christiania Steam Kitchen
| Issuer | Christiania Dampkjøkken |
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| Year | 1930-1955 |
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| Obverse description | Red cardboard coupon with black letterpress text arranged in three lines within a thin rectangular border. The denomination line «1 porsjon middagsmat» is set in large bold typeface at the top, followed by the preposition «i» centred in the middle, and the issuer name «Christania Dampkjøkken» in bold lettering at the foot. The overall design is entirely typographic with no vignette or ornamental elements. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 porsjon middagsmat i Christiania Dampkjøkken (Translation: One portion of dinner in Christiania Steam Kitchen.) |
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Christiania Dampkjøkken — the Christiania Steam Kitchen — was a charitable municipal dining institution in Oslo (still officially called Christiania until 1925, though the name persisted in the organization's branding for decades after). These cardboard food coupons functioned as pre-paid meal tokens distributed through social welfare channels, allowing recipients to collect meals without cash transactions at the counter — a system designed partly to prevent redemption for alcohol.
The span of issue across 25 years suggests periodic reprints rather than a single production run. Øverland's cataloguing of these as a distinct series reflects genuine collector interest in Norwegian fiscal and social welfare ephemera, though surviving examples in undamaged condition are genuinely uncommon given the disposable nature of the medium.