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5 Riksdaler Riksmynt
| Issuer | Wadstena Enskilda Bank |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Value | 5 Riksdaler Riksmynt |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed as a mirror image of the obverse in the same black letterpress style on plain off-white paper, with the central oval guilloche cartouche reading 'FEM', flanked by the denomination abbreviations and ornamental scroll panels. The heraldic double-headed eagle vignette is repeated at the top centre, with corner rosettes at each angle and vertical 'WADSTENA' side panels. No additional text or security features are present beyond the reflected design. |
| Reverse lettering | WADSTENA ENSKILDA BANK inlöser vid anfordran denna Sedel med Riksd.r FEM Riksm.t Wadstena 1867. Litt. B |
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Wadstena Enskilda Bank was one of the smaller provincial enskilda banks operating under Sweden's 1824 banking legislation, which permitted private institutions to issue their own notes — a system that produced dozens of regional currencies circulating simultaneously across the country. The Riksdaler Riksmynt denomination itself was already on borrowed time by 1867; Sweden decimalized and converted to the Krona system in 1873, giving this note a practical circulation window of under six years.
Wadstena, a small town on Lake Vättern, is better known for its medieval convent than its banking history. The enskilda bank there never grew large, and surviving notes are correspondingly scarce.