Time Period: 1860-

Timeline

• around 1803
• Start of issuance of paper money by the Royal Greenland Trade Office, initially only for use in the Julianehåb (now Qaqortoq) settlement, after 1804 for use in all trading places in Greenland.
  - 1894-1926: Issuance of tokens by the Royal Greenland Trade Office in Angmagssalik (today Ammassalik).
• 1860-1940
• Issuance of metallic tokens by private companies:
  - 1859-1865: Issuance of tokens (1st series "Øresund") by the operators of the Øresund cryolite mine in Ivigtut (now Ivittuut)
  - around 1863: issuance of tokens by the trading company Anthony Gibbs & Sons for trade with East Greenland
  - 1875-1922: Issuance of tokens (2nd series "Ivigtut") by the operators of the Øresund cryolite mine in Ivigtut (now Ivittuut)
  - around 1910: Issuance of tokens by the operators of the Grønlands Minedrifts AS copper mine in Alangorssuaq, Julianehåb District (now Qaqortoq)
  - 1910-1932: Issuance of tokens by the operators of Knud Rasmussen's Cape York Polar Station in Thule (now Qanaaq)
  - around 1922: Issuance of tokens by the operators of the Kryolithbrud cryolite mine in Ivigtut (now Ivittuut).
• around 1913
• Start of issuance of paper money by the colonial government of Greenland
  - around 1926: Additional issuance of subsidiary coins by the colonial government of Greenland and withdrawal of the Royal Greenland Trade Office paper money and tokens until 1927.
• 16.01.1953
• Ordinance [No. 5] on the issuance of paper money and coins after the end of Greenlands colonial status; effective immediately (?)
  - The paper money was issued in the name of the Royal Greenland Trade Office, and issuance of subsidiary coins began in 1957.
• 15.03.1967
• Law [No. 45] on the adoption of Danish paper money and coins for Greenland; effective 01.07.1967.
  - 31.12.1967: Demonetization of the Greenland paper money and coins.
• 14.05.2007
• Law [No. 436] on the introduction of distinct paper money in Danish currency for Greenland by the National Bank of Denmark; effective 01.06.2007.
  - The distinct paper money was rejected by the Greenland parliament (for cost reasons) in mid 2010, and the law got revoked by law [No. 155], §7, of 28.02.2012.