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100 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1874-1879 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The Swedish national coat of arms, supported by two lions rampant and surmounted by a royal crown, is engraved at the top centre. The bank name "Sweriges Riksbank" appears in ornate lettering to either side of the arms, with the denomination "ETT HUNDRA Kronor" in large bold type across the centre, flanked by oval guilloche panels. A handwritten issue date and two manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion, with serial number repeated twice in the upper margin. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is blank. |
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Sveriges Riksbank's transition from the earlier riksdaler system to kronor was legislated by the Currency Act of 1873, which brought Sweden into the Scandinavian Monetary Union alongside Denmark and Norway. This 100 Kronor note belongs to the opening series issued under that new monetary order — the first kronor-denominated notes the Riksbank ever put into circulation. At 100 Kronor, this was a high-value instrument even by contemporary European standards, used predominantly in wholesale trade and interbank settlement rather than everyday commerce.
Printed at the Riksbank's own facilities in Stockholm, the series is notably short-lived, replaced by revised designs before 1880.