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10 Kronor
| Issuer | Göteborgs Enskilda Bank |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Value | 10 Kronor |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a warm reddish-brown tone with an intricate guilloche framework forming the outer border and corner ornaments. A central oval medallion encloses a seated allegorical female figure, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The denomination numeral '10' appears in large format at both left and right within the guilloche panels, and the bank name 'GÖTEBORGS ENSKILDA BANK' is inscribed along the upper margin. |
| Reverse lettering | GÖTEBORGS ENSKILDA BANK TIO KRONOR TIO 10 |
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Göteborgs Enskilda Bank was one of the Swedish private commercial banks operating under the enskilda bank system, which granted chartered provincial institutions the right to issue their own notes — a privilege that persisted until the Riksbank finally consolidated note-issuing authority in 1904. By 1879, that system was already under sustained political pressure, and many enskilda banks were beginning to wind down their circulation or consolidate holdings.
Gothenburg's commercial weight gave its enskilda bank more staying power than most provincial issuers, but surviving notes from this period are uncommon — redemption drives were thorough.