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5 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1888-1890 |
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| Size | 135 x 80 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown and pink tones on a pale ground, the obverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche underprint with fine lace-like borders. The bank title SVERIGES RIKSBANK is set in bold letterpress at centre, flanked by the denomination rendered in large Gothic type reading FEM KRONOR to either side of the numeral 5. The serial number appears in the upper field, with two manuscript signatures and the issue year printed below the main text panel. |
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| Reverse description | Engraved in two-colour green intaglio, the reverse presents a richly worked central vignette of the Swedish royal crown surmounting the Sveriges Riksbank coat of arms, enclosed within a circular guilloche frame. The bank name SVERIGES RIKSBANK arcs across the top of the central medallion, with the denomination 5 KRONOR repeated in the lower panel and at both lateral margins. The entire face is covered by a dense lathe-work geometric underprint with small shield vignettes positioned in each corner. |
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Sveriges Riksbank printed its own notes throughout the nineteenth century, making it one of the few central banks in Europe that never outsourced to a commercial security printer during this period. The 1888–1890 series sits within a long transitional stretch for Swedish currency — the Riksbank had only recently consolidated note-issuing authority away from the provincial enskilda banks, a process completed by 1903 but politically contested for decades prior.
Pick 13 is among the scarcer low-denomination Riksbank issues from this era. Small-value notes circulated hard and were rarely saved.