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100 Riksdaler Banco / 150 Riksdaler Riksgäld
| Issuer | Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank |
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| Year | 1836-1854 |
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| Value | 100 Riksdaler Banco |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of Mother Svea enthroned with sceptre and shield, a lion at her feet and a radiant crown above, set within an ornate engraved border. The denomination "Ett Hundra" is rendered in large calligraphic script flanked by rosette guilloche medallions, with "Riksdr" and "Banco" to either side. The denomination "150 RDR RGD" appears vertically in the left and right margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank inlöser vid anfordran denna Sedel å RDR 150 RDG Riksdr Ett hundra Banco RDR 150 RDG med 37½ Riksdaler Silfver Specie, enligt 1830 Års Mynt-fot. Stockholm den 28de Januari 1852 RDR 100 BCO Den som denna Sedel efterapar eller förfalskar skall warda hängd. Men den som upptäcker Efteraparen, Förfalskaren eller Utprånglaren undfår belöning enligt Kongl. Kungörelsen af den 7 Julii 1818. (Translation: Sweden's Estates of the Realm Bank will pay, on demand, for this note 100 Riksdaler Banco with 37½ Riksdaler in silver specie according to the Year 1830 coinage standard. Those who mimic or forge this note shall be hanged. However, those who discover mimics, forgers or distributors will receive reward according to the royal proclamation of the 7th of July 1818.) |
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Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank — the Riksbank's predecessor under the Estates of the Realm — operated a dual-currency system for most of the first half of the nineteenth century, in which Riksdaler Banco and Riksdaler Riksgäld circulated simultaneously but at a fixed exchange rate of 2:3. This note's face value of 100 Riksdaler Banco was therefore legally equivalent to 150 Riksdaler Riksgäld, and both denominations appear on the note precisely because both were needed for settlement purposes depending on context.
The system was consolidated when Sweden adopted the single Riksdaler Riksmynt in 1855, making this series among the last issued under the old parallel standard.