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50 Kronor
| Issuer | Westerbottens Enskilda Bank |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Value | 50 Kronor |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark green and black on a tan guilloche underprint field. At centre, the bank title WESTERBOTTENS ENSKILDA BANK appears in bold lettering above the denomination FEMTIO KRONOR, with the place of issue UMEA and year 1883 below. An intaglio portrait vignette at left depicts a noblewoman in period dress with a jewelled headdress, set within an ornate rectangular frame; at right, a corresponding vignette shows a standing male figure. Corner medallions carry the numeral 50, and the borders are composed of intricate lathe-work and floral guilloche patterns. The series letter Litt. A. and serial number appear in the upper central field, with three manuscript signatures below the denomination text. |
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| Obverse lettering | FEMTIO KRONOR WESTERBOTTENS ENSKILDA BANK Litt. A. FEMTIO 50 UMEA 1883 No inlöser vid anfordran denna Banksedel med |
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Westerbottens Enskilda Bank was one of the smaller provincial private banks operating in northern Sweden under the enskilda bank system, which permitted note-issuing rights to chartered private institutions until the Riksbank gradually consolidated that privilege through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This 50 Kronor note dates from 1883, relatively early in the post-1873 decimal kronor system that had replaced the riksdaler just a decade prior.
Northern Swedish enskilda notes from this period survive in genuinely small numbers — the banks were regional, their circulation geographically limited, and redemption or destruction upon charter expiry was thorough.