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16⅔ Riksdaler Banco / 25 Riksdaler Riksgäld
| Issuer | Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank |
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| Year | 1836-1855 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-tinted note with intaglio-printed dark brown vignette of a crowned lion couchant atop a globe beneath radiating sunburst at centre top, framed by an ornate engraved border with guilloche side panels. Central oval cartouche carries the denomination in calligraphic script, flanked by cursive bank text and silver specie clause; denomination numerals 16⅔ appear in oval frames at lower left and right. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface reverse printed on salmon-tinted paper; the obverse impression shows through the thin stock in mirror image, revealing the lion vignette, engraved border, and central text cartouche in reverse. No independent design elements are present on this side. |
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The dual-denomination inscription reflects a genuine monetary duality that plagued Sweden for decades. Banco and Riksgäld were parallel currencies — the former issued by the Riksbank and theoretically backed by silver, the latter originally an emergency war-finance instrument from the 1790s that had depreciated against it. By the time this note was printed, the fixed exchange rate of 2:3 between Riksgäld and Banco was statutory, hence both values appearing on a single piece of paper.
Sweden unified its currency with the 1855 monetary reform, which is precisely why this series ends that year.