Catalog
10 Kronor
| Issuer | Sundsvalls Enskilda Bank |
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| Year | 1875 |
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| Currency | Swedish krona (1873-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | TIO KRONOR SUNDSVALLS ENSKILDA BANK inlöser vid anfordran denna sedel med TIO KRONOR I GULDMYNT Litt. F Sundsvall 1875 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and reddish-brown, with a broad guilloche border framing the central design. Two symmetrically placed intaglio vignettes each show a classical female profile facing inward, set within ornate circular frames at left and right. The large numeral 10 appears in brownish-red at centre, flanked by micro-text bands reading 10.10.10, with the bank name SUNDSVALLS ENSKILDA BANK inscribed across the upper field and KRONOR TIOKRONOR along the lower register. |
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Sundsvalls Enskilda Bank was one of Sweden's provincial private banks operating under the enskilda bank system, which allowed note-issuing privileges to joint-stock banks from 1824 onward. Waterlow & Sons handled the printing in London — common practice for Swedish provincial banks of the period, which frequently contracted British security printers rather than relying on domestic facilities.
The enskilda bank system was abolished following the Banking Act of 1897, which transferred note-issuing rights exclusively to the Riksbank. Most surviving provincial bank notes were redeemed and destroyed during that transition, making late-issue examples from smaller regional institutions genuinely difficult to locate today.