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10 Daler SM Contribution Authority
| Issuer | Contributions-Werket (Swedish Contribution Authority) |
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| Year | 1717 |
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| Currency | Third riksdaler (1715-1719) |
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| Obverse lettering | Anno 1717. Tijo Daler Silfwermynt |
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| Protection type | Embossed seal |
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The Contributions-Werket was a short-lived wartime finance body established by Charles XII to extract revenue from an economy already bled by two decades of the Great Northern War. These notes were issued in 1717 as a desperate measure to fund military expenditures when the state's metal reserves were effectively exhausted. The authority had no lasting institutional foundation, and its instruments were deeply distrusted by Swedish merchants and the public alike.
Charles XII was killed at Fredriksten the following year, and the Contributions-Werket was dissolved shortly after. Notes were largely repudiated rather than redeemed at face value.