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A 50-
øre
(half-krone) note issued in 1874, the first year of issue for the
Greenlandic krone
, a version of the
Danish krone
. The
uniface
note was issued in Denmark for use in Greenland. It depicts the royal monogram of
Christian IX of Denmark
on the left and a small crowned
polar bear
on the right; later issues depicted a larger polar bear.
Banknote: Handelsstederne i Grønland (courtesy of the
National Numismatic Collection
,
National Museum of American History
)
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