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10 Riksdaler Riksmynt
| Issuer | Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank |
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| Year | 1859-1865 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress note on cream paper with an elaborate engraved border of interlocking guilloche ornaments and corner vignettes depicting allegorical figures and heraldic motifs. The Swedish royal coat of arms with two lions and a crown is centered at the top, flanked by the bank name in ornate calligraphic script reading Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank. Two oval denomination counters bearing the numeral 10 appear at the left and right margins, with a further oval underprint reading TIO at center, the denomination text Riksdaler TIO Riksmynt set in bold letterpress, and the place and date of issue Stockholm den 3 Januarii 1859 inscribed in script below the body text. |
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| Obverse lettering | Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank inlöser, vid anfordran, denna sedel å Riksdaler TIO Riksmynt med 2½ Riksdaler i Silfwer, eller 20 Ort Tolf-lödigt myntadt silfwer. Litt. U Stockholm den 3 Januarii 1859 |
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Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank — the Estates of the Realm Bank — was in its final institutional form when this note was issued. Within a decade it would be reorganized into Sveriges Riksbank under direct parliamentary control, a shift driven partly by political pressure to modernize Sweden's fragmented currency system. The Riksdaler Riksmynt itself was a transitional denomination unit, introduced in 1855 to rationalize the relationship between the older Riksdaler Specie and the smaller banco currency that had created persistent public confusion.
The Riksmynt system was short-lived. Sweden adopted a decimal crown-based currency in 1873 when it joined the Scandinavian Monetary Union, rendering this entire series obsolete within roughly fifteen years of its first issue.