Catalog
1000 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1989-1992 |
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| Currency | Krona (1873-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of King Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560), rendered in fine line engraving, occupies the right portion of the note, with the king shown in three-quarter view wearing a fur-trimmed robe and jewelled crown. A stylised bird's-eye cityscape rendered in multicolour underprint fills the centre-left background, overlaid with geometric compass-arc motifs. The denomination numeral '1000' appears in large characters at lower right and upper left, with the bank name 'SVERIGES RIKSBANK' inscribed vertically along the left margin. |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of Gustav Vasa, visible when the note is held to the light |
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This is the highest denomination Sweden issued during the period and was not intended for everyday retail use. The 1000 kronor note circulated primarily in interbank transfers and large commercial transactions, meaning individual specimens often retain relatively low wear — not from hoarding, but from the nature of the transactions they facilitated.
Pick 60 is the last of the classic Riksbank designs before the major security overhaul of the mid-1990s introduced metallic threads and more sophisticated anti-counterfeiting measures. By the time the series was withdrawn, pressure from organized counterfeiters had accelerated the redesign timeline considerably.