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5 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1874-1878 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted but displays a complete mirror image of the obverse text and design elements in reverse through the paper, including the guilloche border, the central denomination panel with 'FEM' and 'Kronor', the royal arms vignette, and the issuer's name, all visible as a show-through impression from the obverse printing. |
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| Variants | P#2a - 1874 P#2b - 1875 P#2c - 1876 P#2d - 1877 P#2e - 1878 |
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Sveriges Riksbank's first post-Riksgäldskontoret consolidation series, this note was issued as Sweden was transitioning to the gold standard following the Scandinavian Monetary Union agreement of 1873, which aligned the Swedish krona with the Danish and Norwegian currencies at par. The Riksbank had long competed with private banks for note-issuing authority; by this period it was asserting dominance, though provincial banks still circulated their own paper well into the 1880s.
Surviving examples are uncommon. The series had a short window, and redemption rates were high as public confidence in the unified krona built quickly.