1920's Norwegian paper money

Hi all. My wife has these handed down from grandparents. They apparently were issued for use as currency on Spitzbergen and bear island. Any more info and details on these would be apprediated

 

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See if you can find them here...http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/EUR/SPZ/SPZ.htm

 

I am Norwegian and will try to help you a bit and hope you understand my English. Bjørnøen a/s is the corporation name and its a Salary note of pay. You can take out goods for what the note said in the firm. It's written in old Norwegian. Regards from Norway =)

 

Thank you, i understand a bit more now.

 

Tusen takk, @Leif Erik Johansen. Samler du sedler eller mynter eller begge to?

Steve

 

Jeg samler kun Amerikanske mynter

 

Spitzbergen notes are fairly scarce particularly these early ones.

 

i couldn't find much info about these early ones. There is plenty for 1930 onwards but by then they were printing on both sides. My wife's great grandfather was issued with them, he was in the Norwegian merchant navy and these (wages) were handed to them when they went ashore.

 

Thanks for the helpful information. When do you think they were issued?

 

They were in his "day book", a journal he kept, The 10 ore was given to him in 1922 and the 1 krone in 1924

 

Thanks.

 

First this info in Norwegian from Wikipedia =)
You have to translate into English =)

Bjørnøen
Fra Wikipedia, den frie encyklopedi
Bjørnøen AS eier all grunn og noen kulturhistoriske bygninger på Bjørnøya. Selskapets formål er å ivareta drift og utnyttelse av selskapets eiendommer. I/S Bjørnøen Kulkompani ble stiftet 3. juni 1918 av et stavangersk konsortium med Arne Haabeth i spissen. Selskapet ble overtatt av den norske stat i 1932 og ble i 1967 administrativt underlagt Kings Bay AS, som også leverer forvaltningstjenester til selskapet. Deler av statstilskuddet til Kings Bay overføres til drift av Bjørnøen. Selskapet har samme styre og administrerende direktør som Kings Bay og har ingen ansatte.

I have spent lots of time to find info about what year they were used/issued. Found some pics, but had some problem to find a YEAR to them. At last, I found it
@midas1 in very small letters at an auction, 1920-1921. In good condition, they go from 600 to 1000 kroner in starting price. So they are pricy in my world =)

 

Thanks you have been busy. If it further helps the journal says the 10 ore was when he landed in Spitzbergen and the 1 krone when they were forced due to a storm to land at Bear Island

 

Those are really neat items. Pieces of history. Can you imagine the difference between what 10 øre purchased then and what it DOESN'T purchase now, since they haven't been struck since 1991?

Steve

 

The 10 ore was the normal "going ashore" part of their wage. The 1 krone was unusual because the ship was damaged off bear island in the storm and no-one knew how long they would be stuck there. The history and personal story behind them is worth much more than their actual fiscal worth