Catalog
5 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in steel blue, dominated by a large circular guilloche vignette at centre bearing the crowned arms of Sveriges Riksbank with the text SVERIGES RIKSBANK around the inner ring and FEM KRONOR within. The numeral 5 appears in each corner within ornate scroll-work frames, and a lower rectangular panel carries the denomination 5 KRONOR in bold letters. A repeated micro-text border reading SVERIGES RIKSBANK runs along the bottom edge. |
| Reverse lettering | SVERIGES RIKSBANK FEM KRONOR 5 KRONOR 5 SVERIGES RIKSBANK SVERIGES RIKSBANK SVERIGES RIKSBANK |
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The Riksbank's 1873 5 Kronor issue appeared in the immediate wake of Sweden's adoption of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which brought Denmark, Sweden, and Norway onto a shared krona/krone gold standard. This note was among the earliest emissions denominated in the new unit, replacing the riksdaler riksmynt that had circulated since 1855.
Cotton substrate with a single watermark security element reflects the relatively modest anti-counterfeiting technology then available to Swedish printers. The series is genuinely scarce in any condition — institutional redemption and destruction programs in the early twentieth century eliminated the overwhelming majority of surviving examples.