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1000 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Value | 1000 Kronor (1000 SEK) |
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| Obverse description | Green and purple note with an elaborate guilloche border framing the entire design, with the denomination numeral 1000 repeated in each corner and along both lateral margins. The Swedish royal arms appear at top centre beneath a crown, flanked by the issuer name "SVERIGES RIKSBANK" in bold serif lettering. The central text panel carries the denomination "ETT TUSEN KRONOR" in large intaglio letterpress, with the redemption clause and date "STOCKHOLM den 5 Januari 1881" inscribed below in smaller type. |
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| Reverse lettering | Sveriges Riksbank Ett Tusen Kronor |
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Sveriges Riksbank's 1000 Kronor notes of this period were the highest denomination in everyday institutional use, moving between banks and major commercial houses rather than passing through ordinary retail circulation. Few members of the public would have handled one directly. This was instrument-of-settlement money — used to clear large debts, transfer significant sums between financial institutions, and manage the Riksbank's own accounts.
Survival rates are exceptionally low, not from wear but from cancellation. Redeemed notes were routinely punched, cut, or stamped by the bank before destruction, and most known survivors carry some form of official cancellation mark from that process.