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1.000 Kronor

Issuer Stockholms Enskilda Bank
Year 1876
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse lettering STOCKHOLMS ENSKILDA BANK
inlöser vid anfordran denna Banksedel med
ETT TUSEN KRONOR
i Guldmynt.
STOCKHOLM 1876.
N° 05001
SPECIMEN
B.W. & Co.
LONDON
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Reverse lettering 1000
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Stockholms Enskilda Bank was the private bank founded by André Oscar Wallenberg in 1856, the cornerstone of what became the Wallenberg financial dynasty. By 1876, it was among the most commercially powerful institutions in Sweden, and commissioning Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. in London for high-denomination notes was a deliberate signal of institutional credibility — the firm's intaglio work was internationally recognized as difficult to counterfeit.

At 1,000 Kronor, this was not a note that changed hands at market stalls. Wholesale transactions, large credit settlements, inter-bank transfers. Survival rate is accordingly low; the denomination itself was reason enough for careful handling and eventual cancellation rather than wear.