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1 Riksdaler Specie (various handwritten values)
| Emittent | Riksens Ständers Riksgälds-Contoir |
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| Jahr | 1789-1792 |
| Typ | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Riksdaler (1534-1873) |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Designer | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Plain white laid paper note with typeset Swedish text in letterpress, arranged in paragraph form across the face. The text authorizes the bearer to collect a sum — with the denomination of one Riksdaler Specie and any accrued interest on exchanged credit notes — filled in by hand in ink, along with a manuscript date reading '7 Dec 1789' and handwritten signatories at the lower right and lower left. A manuscript serial number or notation appears at the upper portion of the note. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Embossed seal |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Anmerkungen |
The Riksgäldskontoret — the Swedish National Debt Office — was established in 1789 specifically to finance Gustav III's war against Russia, and these notes were its first paper instruments. Critically, the issuing authority was the Riksdag, not the crown, a deliberate constitutional arrangement designed to keep the king's hands off the printing.
The handwritten values are not a sign of primitive production — they reflect a controlled issuance system where clerks filled denominations at point of distribution, allowing flexible deployment against a moving military budget. The embossed seal was the primary authentication device in the absence of sophisticated intaglio work.
Gustav III was assassinated in 1792, the same year this series closed.