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| Issuer | Oscarshamns Enskilda Bank |
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| Year | 1877 |
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| Currency | Krona (1873-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a standing allegorical female figure at left, holding a staff and resting her hand on a shield inscribed TIO KRONOR, set against a lightly guilloche-patterned ground. The bank title OSCARSHAMNS ENSKILDA BANK is printed in bold Gothic lettering across the upper portion, with the denomination TIO KRONOR in large display type at centre and the place and date OSCARSHAMN, 1877 below in script. An ornate intaglio vignette at right encloses the numeral 10 within an elaborate foliate and scroll border, with the serial number and series letter Litt. C positioned in the upper margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a central heraldic vignette in intaglio, composed of a crowned shield bearing a monogram D flanked by two rampant lions, the whole surmounted by a royal crown with radiating glory. The shield is supported by elaborate scrollwork and foliate ornaments, with the bank name arched along the lower border of the central cartouche. Denomination numerals 10 appear in circular guilloche medallions at both left and right, linked to the central arms by symmetrical acanthus-scroll flourishes. |
| Reverse lettering | Oscarshamns Enskilda Bank 10 10 |
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