Catalog
50 Kronor
| Issuer | Stockholms Enskilda Bank |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Currency | Krona (1873-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on a pale green guilloche underprint. At upper centre, an oval vignette presents a panoramic view of Stockholm's waterfront. To the left, a large intaglio vignette shows a seated allegorical female figure accompanied by a lion, rendered in a classical engraved style. To the right, a smaller oval portrait frames a crowned female figure. The central text panel carries the denomination and promise-to-pay legend in letterpress, flanked by the denomination numeral '50' repeated in each corner within ornate cartouches. |
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| Protection type | Specimen perforation |
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Stockholms Enskilda Bank was a private commercial bank founded by the Wallenberg family in 1856 — one of the most consequential financial dynasties in Swedish history. By 1876, the bank was operating under Sweden's Banking Act of 1874, which still permitted private banks to issue their own notes, a practice that would eventually be phased out in favour of Riksbank monopoly over the following decades.
Bradbury, Wilkinson produced the plates in London, as was common for Scandinavian private banks seeking engraving quality unavailable domestically. The specimen perforation confirms this example never entered circulation — issued for archival or presentation purposes only.