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10 Kronor
| Issuer | Wadstena Enskilda Bank |
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| Year | 1877 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | WADSTENA ENSKILDA BANK inlöser vid anfordran denna banksedel med KRONOR TIO KRONOR WADSTENA 1877 Litt. A |
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| Protection type | Guilloche underprint |
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Wadstena Enskilda Bank was one of Sweden's numerous provincial private banks operating under the enskilda bank system, which permitted note issuance against a backing of capital and securities. The system produced hundreds of regional note types between the 1830s and its eventual wind-down following the Riksbank's consolidation of issue rights in the early twentieth century. Wadstena, a small lakeside town in Östergötland, is an unlikely place to find a bank of note-issuing status — yet the enskilda framework made exactly this possible.
Pick 640 is not a common survivor. Provincial enskilda notes were redeemed and destroyed with unusual efficiency during the transition period.