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2 Riksdaler Banco
| Issuer | Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank |
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| Year | 1836-1857 |
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| Value | 2 Riksdaler Banco |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue-green on a pale green underprint and is dominated by a central oval cartouche with elaborate scrollwork, within which the large denomination text "TVA" (Two) is set between the abbreviated inscriptions "Riksdr." and "Banco." A crowned lion reclining atop a globe forms the central vignette at the top of the note, framed by radiating lines. The issuer name and redemption clause are inscribed in letterpress within decorative borders, with the numeral "2" appearing at the foot of the central design and the year elements "13" and "36" flanking the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the mirror image of the obverse design in the same blue-green palette, as the note was printed on a single plate with show-through visible from the opposite face. The central cartouche with "TVA" inscription, the crowned lion vignette at the top, and the surrounding ornamental guilloche borders are all legible in reverse orientation, consistent with the printing technique used for this issue. |
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Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank — the Estates of the Realm's Bank, forerunner to Sveriges Riksbank — occupied an unusual constitutional position: it answered to the four Estates of the Swedish parliament, not to the Crown. This arrangement made it one of the few central banks in Europe whose issuing authority was explicitly legislative rather than royal, a point of genuine political friction throughout the nineteenth century.
The Riksdaler Banco was a unit tied to the silver banco standard, distinct from the Riksdaler Riksgälds issued by the competing National Debt Office. Both circulated simultaneously, trading at a discount against each other — a persistent source of public confusion that was only resolved when Sweden unified its currency system in 1855, making late issues in this series almost immediately obsolescent.