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5 Riksdaler
| Issuer | Stockholms Enskilda Bank |
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| Year | 1856 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted note with a central oval guilloche cartouche bearing the large denomination text "FEM" in bold letterpress, flanked by the inscriptions "Riksmt" and "Riksdr" on either side. At the top centre, a portrait vignette of a crowned regal figure set within an ornate foliate surround, with circular medallion vignettes at each corner and the word "STOCKHOLM" printed vertically in decorative script along both lateral borders. The issuer's name "STOCKHOLMS ENSKILDA BANK" and the promise clause "inlöser vid anfordran denna Sedel med" appear in the upper register, with three manuscript signatures and the place-and-date inscription "Stockholm 1860" in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the same engraved design as the face, printed in black without colour tinting, effectively rendering a mirror image of the obverse layout. The central oval guilloche cartouche with "FEM", the crowned portrait vignette at top, corner medallions, and the vertical "STOCKHOLM" side panels are all reproduced in blind letterpress, consistent with the single-plate printing practice of mid-nineteenth-century Swedish private banknotes. |
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Stockholms Enskilda Bank was founded in 1856 by André Oscar Wallenberg, and this 5 Riksdaler note dates from that inaugural year — making it among the earliest issues from what would become the cornerstone of the Wallenberg financial empire. Swedish enskilda banks of this period held the legal right to issue their own banknotes under the 1824 banking ordinance, competing directly with the Riksbank, a situation that persisted until note-issuing rights were progressively withdrawn through the late nineteenth century.
The Riksdaler riksmynt, the denomination unit in use here, was Sweden's decimal currency introduced in 1855 — this note was printed just one year into that system.