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50 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1880-1896 |
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| Currency | Krona (1873-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Sveriges Riksbank inlöser, vid anfordran, denna sedel å Femtio Kronor med guldmynt enligt lagen om rikets mynt af den 30 Maj 1873 Stockholm den 2 Januarii 1880 FEMTIO KRONOR KRONOR FEMTIO |
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| Reverse lettering | Sveriges Riksbank 50 Kronor 50 Kronor KRONOR 50 50 KRONOR |
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Sveriges Riksbank's 50 Kronor series of this period was produced during the transition years following Sweden's formal adoption of the gold standard in 1873 under the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which pegged the krona to gold alongside Denmark and Norway. The Riksbank had been issuing notes since the seventeenth century — the oldest central bank in the world — but the post-1873 denominations required new designs compatible with the unified currency framework.
P#10 is a scarce type today primarily because the Riksbank systematically destroyed retired notes, a practice it maintained with unusual discipline throughout this era. Survivors with intact signatures are the ones worth attention.